In 1967, Shirley Temple Black ran for Congress in California, attempting to become the first woman in the Golden State’s congressional delegation.
While we women welcome the initiative of talks taken by the government and stand in full solidarity with them, we would like to clearly state that women will not be a negotiating chip this time.
It is worth saying again: Prejudice against women fulfilling their professional promise is one of the most pernicious discriminations still tolerated in the UK.
Women can and do run for office, but their path to politics differs from the one most men follow. Women are generally asked to run and likely to have been recruited.
Burma’s president is set to appoint Khin San Yi, formerly a deputy minister of planning and economic development, as the new education minister, bringing the number of woman ministers in the government to two.
The media plays a crucial role in the political or electoral process. It's the ears and eyes of the public and help mould perceptions.
Today’s Cape Cod Times noted the imminent retirement of Senate President Therese Murray and listed two of the leading candidates for her seat, Plymouth state representative Vinnie deMacedo and former Falmout
MPs are to launch an inquiry into why so many women are quitting politics as David Cameron faces calls to promote more female ministers and end "childish bullying" culture of the Commons.
When Anna Margareth Abdallah entered the Tanzanian parliament in 1975, she was one of only five female MPs.