Grace Boroto
Member of the Parliament of South Africa
Interviews
Q&A: An ambitious attempt to be Somalia’s first female president
There are a few exceptions but Somali women hardly get into politics or hold top public office in what remains a deeply conservative society. Fowzia Yusuf, one of those, speaks to Al Jazeera on seeking another first.
Sahar Albazar
President of the IPU Forum of Young Parliamentarians
Lady Camones Soriano
First Vice President of the Congress, Peru
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament (Seimas), Lithuania
Claudia Roth
Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Germany
Fawzia Zaynal
President of the Council of Representatives, Bahrain
Jemma Nunu Kumba
Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly, South Sudan
Karen Adam MSP: 'Difficult to convince women to stand in council elections'
Convincing women to run in the upcoming local elections has been “really difficult”, SNP MSP Karen Adam has said, as she urged women and minorities to take up more leadership roles.