24% of the candidates for the upcoming elections for the House of Councillors (upper house) are women.
There is currently only one woman candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, Mme Haidara Aissata Cisse dite Chato.
Bhutan will hold the second round of its parliamentary elections. The five women candidates were defeated on the first round.
Eight women are registered as candidates for the parliamentary elections that will take place in Kuwait on July 27. The number of total candidates is 418 (1.9% are women).
Thirty women have registered their application to the Ministry of Interior for the June 14th elections, despite the fact that the Iranian authorities do not allow women to stand for election.
The European elections will be held in all 28 member states from the 22 to 25 May.
Charting a Path for Political Equality in Asia is organized by UNDP (Country Office Mongolia and supported by the Asia-Pacific Regional Center and the Regional Bureau of the Asia Pacific) in collab
The Global Gender Forum presents:
Burma After the By-Elections:
Taking Gender and Human Security Into Account
Sierra Leone
Republic of Sierra Leone
Region: Africa
Description of government structure: