November 30, 2013
Women in politics: a very suitable job
It's time to stop considering parliament's failure to represent society as a problem for women, and see it for what it is – a problem for everyone.
Role of women in society
November 18, 2013
Soulaliyate Movement empowers rural women in Morocco
Morocco's Soulaliyate Movement has been gaining ground since 2007.
November 7, 2013
Empowering women to manage natural resources vital for conflict recovery – UN report
October 23, 2013
20 percent women, 100 percent effective
Senator Patty Murray, D-Wash., once said her experience as a preschool teacher was excellent training for Congress.
October 22, 2013
Mizoram polls: No women representatives in state legislature, India
Women voters have been outnumbering male voters in Mizoram for the past few years, but paradoxically there are no women representatives in the state legislature for years together.
October 21, 2013
Esslinger wants to explore why more women councillors not elected in Edmonton, Canada
Bev Esslinger wants to look for ways of attracting more women to civic politics after becoming Edmonton’s only female councillor.
“Certainly, it shows we as a city need to work on getting more women involved in politics,” the Ward 2 councillor-elect said Tuesday.
October 21, 2013
Yemen's quota: Success for international community or Yemeni Women?
On September 15, Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi wrote his first-ever op-ed in hopes of reassuring the Yemeni people of the current political transition’s progress.
October 21, 2013
Shutdown Political Barriers for Women... And Reap the Rewards
In an era of government distrust, political gridlock, and legislative dysfunction, women may be the power players who forge solutions and help address our nation’s most divisive problems, argues Swanee Hunt in a recent article in Global Post. Ms.
October 21, 2013
Nigeria's Minister of Women Affairs Urges Women to Strategise for Increased Representation in Govt.
Hajiya Zainab Maina, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, on Tuesday advised women to adopt strategies to increase their participation in decision making processes.