Group and individual proponents advocating for increased participation of women in governance, have been urged to brace up for another round of advocacy, as the local government elections, approaches later this year.
GENDER minister Inonge Wina says the government is committed to increasing women participation in politics and decision-making positions.
Egyptian women today still suffer from cultural, social and political discrimination with no indication from policymakers for progress.
Nadine Moussa, Lebanon’s first female candidate for the presidency, insists that Lebanon needs a “new social contract,” with women holding half of all parliamentary and governmental posts.
African women from 15 countries across the continent gathered in Nairobi, Kenya from April 23rd to the 24th to deliberate and strategize on women's political leadership in Africa.
What’s the role of the police in a community? Is it to serve the citizens by ensuring their security or to maintain public order by coercive power?
In Sub-Saharan Africa, where women hold just 23 percent of the seats in national parliaments and there are only three women heads of state, Catherine Samba-Panza, president of the Central African Republic (CAR), is an inspirational figure.
In late March, Raveela Gangula rallied a dozen women to stop a drunken man from savagely beating his wife in Muthangi, a village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Although they restrained him and called the police, he was released that evening without charges.
On the occasion of Women’s Day in Iran, Iran’s president and supreme leader presented contrasting roles in society for women.