Women voters outnumber men in 22 of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
In the previous Lok Sabha elections in May 2009, women outnumbered men in 15 constituencies.
Maximum in southern districts
As a young girl in Bangladesh, you could say I grew up parallel to the legendary rivalry between the country’s main political foes, Sheikh Hasina and Begum Khaleda Zia: two very powerful women with some serious political capital.
Despite efforts to increase the number of women in politics, they still face an uphill battle to join the male-dominated political world, a political expert has said.
Noorzia Atmar never wanted to leave Afghanistan.
AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday batted for giving youth more space in politics and said the fundamental reason for them not getting it is that the "process for entry and promotions are not transparent".
Ayanna Pressley and Michelle Wu stood side by side at the swearing-in of Boston’s new mayor, both symbols of the changing face of city politics.
CAIRO -- This week, Egypt's more than 52 million voters will go to the polls to decide whether to approve the country's rewritten constitution, which limits the scope of Islamic law and introduces new articles seen as a victory for rights advocates.
Egyptian women have been the worst sufferers in the revolution and the rise of Islamist factions has seen curtailment of the rights of women, said a leading women's activist from the North African nation whose organisation has been quietly operating in the country's southern region to empower wom