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.
'Maybe women deserve men setting the agenda," a conservative female politician said Friday as emotions ran high over a study that showed men know more about politics than women, and that the gender gap was wider in Norway than in comparable countries such as Australia.
Thursday 26 July was the last day for the election commission of the Chechen republic to receive documents from the parties participating in the u
American political dynasties historically have been built on power passed from fathers to sons, brothers to brothers, even husbands to wives: the Adamses, the Kennedys, the Bushes, the Clintons.
Now, it is the daughters’ turn.
To promote women representation in politics, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) has released a map with data analysis of women candidates participating in the National Assembly elections.