October 05, 2012 (Daily Observer)
Addressing a one-day Stakeholders' Consultative Conference yesterday in Monrovia, Vice President Joseph N. Boakai said that Liberia has done well in the area of women development, but added that there is still room for improvement.
October 04, 2012 (UN Women )
Women all over the world are often marginalized and unaware of their right to have a passport, driver's license and the crucial right to vote. These rights empower women, and give them a voice in society. Often they are uninformed of the processes, for example how to and register to vote and their political voice remains unheard. In Pakistan now, this is changing.
October 03, 2012 (Feminist News)
Women are running for congress in record numbers this year. Now that all candidates have been nominated for the November 6th elections, 18 women are running for Senate (the previous record was set in 2010 at 14), and 163 women are running for House seats (more than the 2004 record of 141)
October 02, 2012 (Alert Net)
A decade after the last attempt to end Latin America's longest-running insurgency failed, the Colombian government and the country's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are to sit down at the negotiating table in the Norwegian capital Oslo later this month.
October 02, 2012 (BBC )
BBC Africa Debate comes from Malawi this month and asks whether African women are winning the power battle. Presented by Audrey Brown from Lilongwe, the debate takes a look at change brought about by African women who have made inroads into traditionally male spheres such as politics, business, the church and management.
October 02, 2012 (Central Asia Online)
Fawzia Koofi is not the first woman to run for president, but she and her positions on the issues are well-known, which should boost her campaign.
September 28, 2012 (Asian Human Rights Commission)
The primary objective of a fair and free democratic election has to be the creation of truly representative institutions at all levels, federal, provincial and local government levels - a truly representative and sovereign parliament, capable of giving expression to the genuine aspirations of each and every segment and section of the citizens of Pakistan in the domains of legislation, policy making and democratic governance.
September 27, 2012 (Global Voices)
Proscovia Alengot Oromait has become Africa's youngest Member of Paliament (MP) at the age of 19, after she won the Usuk county election with 11,059 votes. The outspoken youngster replaces her father who died earlier this year, reports Global Voices Online. Alengot is a member of National Resistance Movement, headed by President Yoweri Museveni. Other people who stood for the post included, Charles Ojok Oleny with 5,329 votes, Charles Okure from FDC with 2,725 votes and Cecilia Anyakoit of UPC with 554 votes.
September 27, 2012 (IPS News)
A unique electoral exercise in Penang state, promoting participatory and gender-responsive decision-making at the grassroots level, may serve as a cue for the revival of local elections in Malaysia.
September 26, 2012 (The Guardian)
Two years ago, Sierra Leone's government invited the women's movement to draw up a bill to usher in the quota system they had been demanding for the past 10 years. The women set about working tirelessly to draft and push through a bill stipulating that women should have a 30% representation in government and public decision-making spaces. It was to be a private members' bill that came from those demanding the change.
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