In the run-up to the last round of Assembly elections in 2013, a Gender Manifesto was released by women’s organisations setting out a series of priorities across demographic groups
Ranked 21st most powerful woman in the world, Helen Clark, 63, New Zealand’s Prime Minister for nine years, and now head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), gives Telegraph journalist Louisa Peacock a masterclass on how women can survive the cut throat world of politics.
Sandra Fluke, a women’s rights activist who rose to national prominence after testifying in favor of Obamacare’s birth control provision, is reportedly
With the addition of 2.38 lakh new voters to the electoral list, the district now has a total of 39.84 lakh voters in 12 assembly segments including Phaphamau, Soraon, Phulpur, Pratappur, Handia, Meja, Karchana, City West, City North, City South, Bara, and Koraon.
A group of Pacific women politicians and leaders have met in Fiji to find ways to boost the number of Pacific women in elected positions.
The Pacific has the lowest number of women in government in the world at just 4-point-7 percent.
Efforts to boost the participation of women in Afghan politics are in serious jeopardy, an IWPR debate has heard.
A growing number of women are vying for seats in the Kentucky General Assembly this year.
Of the 220 candidates running for either the state House or Senate in the 2014 election cycle, about 20 percent are women.
Women in Politics: It’s about substance, not style
By Sheila Wood, Provincial Chief Financial Officer