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November 14, 2013
Women Speakers Put Gender Equality at Heart of Sustainable Development

Women Speakers of Parliament have stressed the need to put gender equality at the heart of new development goals that will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015.

November 14, 2013
Helen Clark:Speech at the International Conference 'Celebrating the Centenary of Women’s Right to Vote in Norway'

Keynote Speech by Helen Clark on
The Effect of the Global Financial Crisis on Women
At the International Conference
Celebrating the Centenary of Women’s Right to Vote in Norway
Oslo, Norway

November 14, 2013
Are women in politics just more honest than men?

What, I wonder, explains the gender gap in political corruption?

November 13, 2013
Hillary Clinton pushes for women on world stage

Hillary Clinton on Thursday stressed the importance of advancing women around the world, nodding to those seeking office as she also made the case for robust American leadership on the global stage.

November 13, 2013
TANZANIA: 'Women Likely to Win Top Political Posts'

WOMEN in the country are likely to win overwhelming voters' confidence in the coming General Elections if the findings of a recent survey are anything to go by.

November 12, 2013
Israel Women Want to Talk Peace, Too

Israeli women want in on the peace process, and they think they can help.

November 11, 2013
Lack of women in parly - a constitutional violation, Swaziland

MBABANE – A segment of the women electorate is disappointed with the poor representation of women in Parliament.

November 11, 2013
Julia Gillard: Gender revolution has failed

Ms Gillard said while it is up to the nation to think in a sophisticated way about that, the gender revolution of the last 50 years had failed to leave as deep an impact as hoped.

November 11, 2013
India’s Politicians Ignore Women Voters in Election Campaigns

On the eve of Diwali, I was walking around the inner circle of Connaught Place, a well-known shopping center in Delhi, with a journalist friend. The business arcade teemed with people. Suddenly loud, belligerent voices tore through the festive air. We stopped.