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Role of women in society

September 4, 2013
After Gillard, is gender an Australian election issue?

Two months after Julia Gillard was ousted, feminist and sociologist Eva Cox looks back on the misogyny debate her time as Australia's prime minister sparked - and whether gender issues are on the election agenda as a result.

September 4, 2013
A Matter of Interpretation: Armenian Parliament removes “gender” from new law under pressure from Church, traditionalists

Use of the terms “gender” and “gender equality” in Armenia’s new law equal rights stirred major discontent among those believing that the ambiguity of the words set a legal ground for gradual destruction of Armenian families.

September 4, 2013
Aminata Touré named Prime Minister of Senegal

On Sunday night, Aminata Touré was named Prime Minister of Senegal. Whichever mineral flows through the veins of Aminata Touré, she has spent all of her adult life working as a human rights and women’s rights activist, who has worked in Senegal and around the world on women’s i

September 3, 2013
Women in the Workplace: State Sen. LeAnna Washington shares how hardships lead to career success, USA

State Sen. LeAnna Washington, D-4, was a high school dropout, had her first child at age 17, was a single mother, grew up in a tumultuous household, was a victim of domestic violence and received government assistance well into her adult years.

September 3, 2013
As Malaysia turns 50, Nurul Izzah fights for inclusive politics

Future Prime Minister of Malaysia. Mother. Wife. Friend. Daughter of the mercurial and charismatic Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Nurul Izzah is all these and more.

September 2, 2013
The women of Greenham Common taught a generation how to protest, United Kingdom

It is often said that the protest at Greenham Common was ineffectual. The eventual closure of the US base at Newbury is deemed to have been an almost inadvertent side effect of much more important (ie male) political forces.

September 2, 2013
Shot Afghan female senator to return to politics

In Afghanistan, a female politician who escaped an assassination attempt in the south of the country says she fully intends to return to work.

August 31, 2013
Making laws to empower women not enough, need to stop attacks on them: Sonia Gandhi, India

Against the backdrop of rising crimes against women, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said making laws for their empowerment is not enough as they will have to be implemented properly on ground.

August 30, 2013
Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Powerful Politicians

As often said, beside every successful man, there is a woman. It has just come to the fore that every successful politician has a woman of great influence who plays along with him. If it was the man’s spouse, it is considered better because courage and support are brood right from home.