Regional Forum on Equal Participation in Decision-Making
Start: 2011-11-15 End: 2011-11-17 Timezone: US/Eastern Start: 2011-11-15 End: 2011-11-17 Timezone: US/Eastern View on calendar:Click hereCity & Province/State: Istanbul Country: Turkey Venue:...
View ArticlePoland: first women elected as a speaker of the Parliament
Summary: Ewa Kopacz had become Poland’s first woman who has been elected as Speaker of the Sejm (Polish Parliament- lower house) A candidate for the Civic Platform party led by Prime Minister Donald...
View ArticleThe WCRO/WILP Gender Jurisprudence Collections
Summary: The Gender Jurisprudence Collections (GJC) includes judgments, decisions, orders, and other documents relating to the treatment of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) issued by eleven of...
View ArticlePakistan: bill passed to protect women's rights
Summary: Women’s rights groups in Pakistan have welcomed the passing of a bill which will punish those who force women into marriages or deny them inheritance. Anyone convicted of forcing a woman into...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: PNG Has Hurdles Before Women MPs Voted In
Summary: Papua New Guinea's only female MP, Dame Carol Kidu, says she is cautiously optimistic women will run in the 2012 election, but fears the move could be swamped by the Supreme Court's upcoming...
View ArticlePakistan: Assembly Elections: Women Lawmakers Demand 10% Quota for General Seats
Summary: Women parliamentarians from across the country demanded a mandatory quota of 10 per cent of general seats in the National Assembly, Senate and provincial assemblies on Saturday. Women...
View ArticleIPU: New report on gender-sensitive parliaments review good practices
Summary: IPU has just launched a new report on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments. This report provides a comprehensive account of how parliaments can and should serve as models and champions of gender...
View ArticleIndia: For Women, a Long Wait for Equality in Parliament
Summary: As its winter session wound down last week, it was clear that the Indian Parliament would remain a male bastion for the near future. The lower house, almost 90 percent male in its...
View ArticleRwanda: The Only Government in the World Dominated by Women
Summary: Women have made significant advances in politics over the past few decades, with females having served as the head of state in many prominent countries, including Britain, India, Germany,...
View ArticleArab Countries: The release of the first edition of the report “Mapping Young...
Summary: Young Arab scholars are increasingly interested in gender studies, the report shows, and their projects are as sophisticated as Western gender research in terms of methodology and theory....
View ArticleKenya: Women Set to Make Their Mark in Politics
Summary: The August 2012 elections in Kenya will open doors to massive political participation by women for the first time ever. The new constitution in effect since August 2010 contains a provision...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: Historic Women's Bill Latest Casualty of PNG Crisis
Summary: A landmark bill aimed at guaranteeing 22 women-only seats in the parliament of Papua New Guinea has failed to get the votes required as the nation's political crisis continues. PNG's current...
View ArticleSamoa: Samoa Pushes for More Women in Paliament
Summary: Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepe Sailele is set to push constitutional amendments through Parliament to create special seats for women. Under the changes, at least five seats - or ten percent...
View ArticleBhutan: Possibility of Drop from 7 to 0.5 Percent
Summary: If none of the eight women candidates in the second round of the local government election on December 26 gets elected, Trashigang will have only one woman candidate from the 209 posts...
View ArticleA Practical Guide to Constitution Building
Summary: A Practical Guide to Constitution Building provides an essential foundation for understanding constitutions and constitution building. Full of world examples of ground-breaking agreements and...
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