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Women's political participation

November 24, 2013
Turkey: women want bigger role in politics

As the deadline for the finalization of Turkey's local election electoral lists draws closer, an association of women's groups has launched a campaign to entice political party leaders to nominate more women as candidates in 2014 elections.

November 23, 2013
Socialist Bachelet faces runoff election in Chile

The leader in the race for president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet took 47% of the vote in November 17th elections. She will face a run-off against opponent Evelyn Matthei of the ruling center-right Alliance on December 15 who received 25% of the vote.

November 23, 2013
Egyptian Women aim for 100 parliamentary seats

The Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) announced Sunday the initiation of a 16 week campaign to raise EGP 30m to support female candidates running for the 2014 House of Representatives elections.

November 20, 2013
Women voters outnumber men in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Women voters outnumbered male voters in Bhaktapur district in the CA election that concluded on Tuesday with the highest voter turnout in the country's electoral history.

November 19, 2013
Questions Remain on Murder of Russian MP Galina Starovoitova 15 Years On

Fifteen years after the assassination of Russian MP and human rights activist Galina Starovoitova, those who masterminded her death are yet to be brought to justice. Starovoitova was shot to death in the lobby of her apartment in St. Petersburg on 20th November 1998.

November 19, 2013
A ‘Head Start’ for Women Mayors and Councilors in Nicaragua

A revision to Nicaragua’s law on municipal elections last year required political parties to put up equal numbers of women and men as candidates for mayor and city council. It also increased the number of city council seats in each municipality.

November 19, 2013
Egypt’s 'Muslim Sisterhood' moves from social work to politics

The Muslim Sisterhood, which remains under-reported, is a wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. But is it an organization that has a weight similar to that of the Brotherhood, or does it merely support the Brotherhood in times of need?

November 19, 2013
Fiji women still hope for constitutional support

Advocates for women in Fiji say they are still hoping for special measures mandating women’s representation in parliament.

November 18, 2013
A pioneer for women's equality, USA

When I arrived at the Capitol in 2007 to take my oath as a new member of the U.S.