The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) has published an article on the situation of women defenders of human rights in Mesoamerica.
Being a woman in many professional fields can be challenging, but being a woman in politics seems like it could be pure, unadulterated hell.
Geneva, 17 November 2014
Zimbabwe currently has 85 women parliamentarians in the National Assembly compared to 185 men.
This means that the country would not meet the 2015 Sadc deadline, as the next elections in Zimbabwe are only expected in 2018.
Popular Somali musician and member of parliament Saado Ali Warsame has been shot dead by Islamist militants.
She was killed along with her bodyguard in a drive-by shooting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis was shot dead by unknown assailants at her home in the restive east Libyan city of Benghazi late Wednesday, hospital and security sources said.
A top politician in northern Spain has been shot dead in public and two women have been arrested.
Isabel Carrasco, head of the provincial government in Leon and a member of the governing People's Party (PP), was shot as she crossed a footbridge.
IPU is deeply concerned by the shooting of Afghan MP Mariam Koofi, the latest in a string of attacks on parliamentarians in Afghanistan, particularly women legislators.
The social media experience which came across as a liberating tool for women, was often equated with a living room where one could voice opinions in public sphere. However, of late, a series of incidents have sounded a note of caution against the euphoria around social media.