Serbia, an aspiring European Union member, succeeded in increasing the percentage of women in its Parliament substantially within the last year.
Women are outnumbered in state legislatures around the country, particularly in Michigan, where female representation is at its lowest point in more than two decades.
Kuwait City, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kuwaitis went to the polls this week to elect their third parliament in 17 months. Despite having the oldest and most powerful parliament in the Arab Gulf, Kuwait has a turbulent political scene: no parliament has served its full term since 2003.
Manama: Safa Al Hashem has made history in Kuwait by becoming the first woman lawmaker to win seats in two consecutive parliamentary elections.
Their history is the history of Chile. Michelle Bachelet and Evelyn Matthei were childhood friends whose fathers became top generals on opposite sides of the country's deep political divide.
Lindy Boggs was only 24 when she arrived in Washington as the top political adviser to her husband, newly elected to Congress.
Italian politicians have reacted with anger after the country's first black minister had bananas thrown at her during a political rally.
As prime minister, Julia Gillard remained instinctively private, consistently contained and, for a figure so much in the public eye, oddly enigmatic.
Jordanian female parliamentarians have come a long way in the ten years since the quota system was first introduced for the 2003 elections.