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Feisty, pushy, bossy, fierce,
August 31, 2014
Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down

Photo-Andrew Stocks/The Guardian

Do you ever hear men described as ‘hysterical’? Do people say they ‘whine’ or ‘nag’? Thought not. Here are eight sexist words we’d like to never hear from again

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s women's wing
August 24, 2014
Working towards connecting with women voters in Delhi (India)

In a bid to connect with women voters, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s women's wing has completed its first objective of setting up units in all the 70 Assembly segments of Delhi, the party has said.

August 12, 2014
Pacific women politicians hailed for overcoming adversity

Across the Pacific less than 5 per cent of parliamentarians are women.

August 10, 2014
More women in politics

In March 2014, the Maltese electorate gave a resounding thumbs-up to four female Maltese candidates out of the six elected to the European Parliament. A month later the second female President of Malta was sworn into office.

Dido Harding, Karren Brady, Nosheena Mobarik and Joanna Shields
August 10, 2014
David Cameron brings tranche of young, tech-friendly women into the House of Lords (UK)

From top left, clockwise: Dido Harding, Karren Brady, Nosheena Mobarik and Joanna Shields  Photo: PA/Bloomberg

August 7, 2014
Five women contest in National Democratic Congress constituency election in Jirapa (Ghana)

Five women have successfully gone through vetting to contest positions in the Jirapa constituency election of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region.

August 6, 2014
Zambia: Nominate More Women Members Of Parliament

The call for more women to participate in politics need more commitment than mere political rhetoric.

Women's role in African politics must go beyond being voters or 'airport dancers'.

August 1, 2014
Ireland: We need to change way we do politics to attract more women

Opinion by Breda O'Brien

Ireland is among the 10 lowest-ranked EU countries when it comes to political and economic representation of women.

July 27, 2014
Democrats look for money and votes from women (USA)

With just 99 days to go until election day in November, political parties and candidates are all hard at work, looking for votes.