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July 26, 2013
Two women parties to run for seats in Chechen parliament

Thursday 26 July was the last day for the election commission of the Chechen republic to receive documents from the parties participating in the u

July 26, 2013
Women candidates in Cambodian elections

To promote women representation in politics, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released a map with data analysis of women candidates participating in the National Assembly elections.

July 26, 2013
Ensuring women's participation in the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe

A group of non-governmental organizations has come up with a programme to ensure that women safely participate in the forthcoming elections.

July 25, 2013
Malian women press for peaceful, fair elections
July 25, 2013
Rwanda: Women Poised to Retain Majority in Parliament

With constitutional quotas for interest group seats in their favour and all political parties legally bound to respect women's quota of at least 30 per cent of their parliamentary nominees, women may retain or even widen their majority in the Chamber of Deputies after the upcoming September e

July 24, 2013
Zimbabwe’s Women Say They Still Lag Behind in Political Arena

HARARE — Zimbabweans go to the polls July 31 under a new constitution that some hoped would bring more women into politics. But, some women say the road to gender equity in Zimbabwean politics is a long one.  
 

July 11, 2013
Daughter of murdered mayoral candidate wins election, Mexico

 On the same day that she buried her father, Alma Leticia Reyes decided that she would follow in his footsteps and continue his candidacy for mayor of a Mexican town herself, and now - after winning the election - she will have the chance to carry out the plans that he intended to implem

July 11, 2013
The Men (and One Woman) Who Might Be Afghanistan's Next President

President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai essentially just had a Skype breakup.

July 10, 2013
The woman behind Zimbabwe's no-vote-no-sex campaign

As Zimbabwe’s voter registration closed yesterday, one can’t help but wonder if the country's recent sex boycott also came to a happy ending. Our correspondent caught up with the woman behind the no-vote-no-sex campaign, MDC minister Priscilla Misihairabwi Mushonga.