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October 14, 2013
Mitchell: ‘We need more women in politics’ USA

Beating breast cancer as a mom of young children made Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz reshape her priorities as a politician and leader of the Democratic Party, she told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell, also a breast cancer survivor, on Tuesday.

October 14, 2013
Hon. Tangariki Reete is now 3rd female Cabinet Minister in Kiribati

Three new Cabinet Ministers were sworn-into office Monday in Tarawa to replace the two ministers who resigned from office last week.

October 14, 2013
How one state trained generations of women for political careers, USA

When it comes to helping women build careers in politics, some states do better than others. For more than two decades, women in Indiana have been getting their first taste of public service through the Lugar Series.

October 11, 2013
Not retiring from politics in 2016, Sonia Gandhi tells Paswan
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has no plans to retire from politics in 2016 as speculated in a book. This was conveyed by Gandhi herself to Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan, on Friday, when he asked her about this "rumour" during a meeting he had with her.
October 10, 2013
I wish women politicians are accepted in their own right: Preneet Kaur, MoS, External Affairs Minister

India had a woman Prime Minister long before the West elected one, but there have been very few women Cabinet ministers to date. Preneet Kaur of t

September 22, 2013
African women are blazing a feminist trail – why don't we hear their voices?

Rwanda's parliament is now almost two-thirds female, while Malawi, Liberia and Senegal have women at the helm. Western feminists, take note.

September 9, 2013
Cambodia sees fewer female lawmakers in upcoming parliament

Twenty-five out of the 123 lawmakers elected during the July 28 national election are female, the official election results have shown. Sunday.

June 22, 2012
She's young, blonde, polite and doesn't do party politics: just the guy for president in Iceland

The frontrunner for head of state believes she can move the new generation on, so why are young men and women her biggest critics?