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August 10, 2013
African women enter public office, but wield little influence in policy making

“If you want to be influential in the political arena, you need to influence policy,” Ms Betty Murungi, a social justice advocate, recently told female entrepreneurs and corporate managers in Nairobi.

August 10, 2013
Poverty, tradition bane of northern women’s progress, Nigeria

Hajiya Hafsat Baba is one of the major personalities in the North who have been speaking in support of women and child development in the region and Nigeria in general.

August 10, 2013
Albania sets gender precedent in the region

Albania's new government will include six women ministers, representing a drastic change not only in the country, but also setting a positive example in the region.

August 9, 2013
Women in Politics: Senator Christine Milne, Leader of the Australian Greens

In the fourth of our series on Women in Politics, we speak to Leader of the Greens, Senator Christine Milne.

August 9, 2013
Liberia: Women Seek Equity

Minority of female legislators at the House of Representatives have submitted a bill seeking political equity with their male counterparts.

August 7, 2013
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark talks about women leadership at TEDx
 Watch Helen Clark's -UNDP administrator- speech on women leadership at TEDX by clicking here.
August 7, 2013
Aung San Suu Kyi Visits NDI’s New Parliamentary Research Center in Burma

On August 6, National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited NDI's new Parliamentary Resource Center (PRC) in the capital city of Naypyitaw.

August 7, 2013
Jenny Macklin will tackle Inter-Generational Unemployment if ALP is Re-elected, Australia

Can you name the politician with the most influence over the lives of women and their families in the past five years? Few would probably come up with Jenny Macklin, the low profile but highly prolific Minister for Families in the Federal Labor government since 2007.

August 6, 2013
Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin and the politics of marriage, USA

Women are defined in American society by the men who are or aren't in their lives. From the time we're little girls into young adults, we're encouraged to find our prince charming and never let him go.