Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation's general elections.
Young Iraqi women aspiring to political careers are getting a boost from a new Young Women’s Leadership School launched recently with the help of NDI Iraq staff member Ferdos Majeed.
The number of Lebanese women elected to municipal offices more than doubled this year, increasing from the 201 elected in 2004 to 530 who were successful in this year’s polls.
The engagement of women in Iraq’s political process has been a major focus of NDI’s efforts in the country since 2006.
Reinforcing presumed religious identities:
Where are women and secularists of Muslim countries in Obama’s speech in Cairo?
by Marieme Helie Lucas
Secularism is a Women's Issue (SIAWI)