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Women's political participation

Women in leadership will curb corruption – RDP
September 7, 2014
Women in leadership will curb corruption (Namibia)

WINDHOEK - The National Secretary of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Women’s League is of the view that corruption will drastically decrease if more capable women occupy leadership positions.

Japanese Government
September 6, 2014
Japanese politics includes women

Photos-AP and Reuters

Empower Malaysia
September 5, 2014
Women stay out. Politics is a boys club

Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER) is gravely concerned with the quality of the debate going on regarding a woman candidate for the Selangor Menteri Besar (MB) post.

Women await parity in politics
September 4, 2014
In politics, women still await parity

Photo illustration by Jeff Boyer / Times Union

While I was in high school, Ms. Magazine appeared on newsstands, and before long my best friend's girlfriend announced that she was a feminist.

Sumitra Mahajan
September 4, 2014
Women empowerment key to better life for all: Sumitra Mahajan

The worth of any civilisation can be judged from the position it gives to women, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said

Somali Minister Anisa Abdulkadir Haji Mumin
September 1, 2014
Somalia: Somali Women keen on more vehement role in politics [Interview with Minister]

Somali women have been facing formidable challenges and complain about marginalization in politics but they in turn played a pivotal role in securing peace deals between warring forces on the ground.

Yemeni Women
August 31, 2014
Yemeni women fight for greater representation

Photo-Al Jazeera

After years of activism, Amal Basha's demands for guarantees of greater representation for women in the political system has finally edged closer to reality.

Ro Teimumu Kepa
August 31, 2014
Fiji's election: Women make their mark

Lawyers, entrepreneurs, academics and civil servants are some of the female candidates standing in Fiji's upcoming elections. Fijians will vote on 17 September, the first elections since the 2006 military coup.

August 26, 2014
Everything You Know About Politics is Wrong

There is so much conventional wisdom about women in politics that it is often hard to wade through what’s true and what’s simply taken as truth but is actually a baseless, outdated stereotype.  Part of the problem, at least at the national level, is that there just isn’t enough information t