MORE than fifty years after independence, Tanzania is embarking on a Constitutional Review process that will transform the way its people relate and live with each other and also the way the country is governed.
KUCHING:More needs to be done to promote gender equality to strengthen women’s representation and allow women equal access to decision-making positions at all levels of society. Highlighting this yesterday, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Morocco's Islamist-led government on Friday presented a new European Union-funded plan to promote women's rights and equality, but without earlier measures to legalize abortion and support single mothers.
More female candidates are needed in local elections, along with better gender equality programmes in the FYR of Macedonia's local government, NGOs say.
Egypt's revolution is now often described as hijacked and women's legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.
Last month, Rwanda achieved something no other country had ever done before: produce a legislature in which women outnumber men.
The engagement of women in Iraq’s political process has been a major focus of NDI’s efforts in the country since 2006.