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Monday, August 27, 2012
Cuba: Number of women in Cuban gov't posts increasing
The number of women serving in government posts increased in the past two years in Cuba, where females now hold around 45 percent of the seats in parliament, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday. "As a result of the government strategies for...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
USA: Democrats to showcase women as speakers at party convention
Democrats unveiled a slew of female speakers Wednesday for their convention next month, an indication that they will continue to press Republicans on women’s issues as GOP leaders furiously try to distance themselves from Missouri Senate candidate W...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Haiti: Fanm Yo La demands the respect of quota of 30% within the CEP
Lisa François Executive Director of the Women's Collective for Women's Political Participation "Fanm Yo La", while commending the efforts of the Government for the numerous appointments of womens to key positions, expressed concern about the lack of...
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Argentina: Meet Argentina's Rights Blazer Silvia Augsburger
On a cold Monday morning in June, some 50 women from various political backgrounds gathered in this Argentine port city to talk about gender roles inside the home. They conceived of a society in which men and women of all classes share both the...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Dominica: Women in Parliament book launched
A book covering the careers of women in parliament here was launched at a function at the Dominica House of Assembly on Saturday evening. “Women in Parliament in Dominica: Past and Present” is written by Speaker of the House of Assembly Alix Boyd...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Bolivia: Indigenous Women Seek the Political Kingdom
Photo credit: Franz Chávez/IPS A growing number of Bolivia’s indigenous women are participating in politics, ready to break the barriers of gender and ethnicity. Though spread across great distances and representing various realities,  many...
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
USA: Women in the war room
Across the country, female operatives are leading more campaigns, starting their own political consulting firms, taking the reins of Super PACs and controlling millions in independent expenditure dollars. “I think it’s pretty easy to say it’s a male...
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Canada: How women became leaders in Aboriginal politics
Photo credit: Peter Power/The Globe and Mail They did it without quotas, action plans or affirmative action. Half of the eight candidates in the recent election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations were women – a novel event...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Second Hemispheric Forum "Women's full citizenship for democracy"
From July 18th to 21st 2012, CIM, in collaboration with UN Women and International IDEA, will host its Second Hemispheric Forum "Women's full citizenship for democracy", with the aim of identifying and discussing the political and state reforms...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Canada: Strong female showing in leadership race seen as long overdue
Four women are vying for the role of the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations in what is being described as an “unprecedented” election. For the first time in AFN election history, the number of female candidates is equal to the male...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Mexico: Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
Female candidates are poised to occupy an unprecedented third of the seats in Mexico’s bicameral parliament when preliminary results for the Jul.1 election are confirmed. In the lower chamber, 95 women were elected through direct vote (in a relative...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
USA: Record number of women running for U.S. House
A record 294 women have filed papers to run for the U.S. House this year and shattered the previous high mark for female candidates set in 2010. An additional four women are expected to do so, according to the non-partisan Center for American Women...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
IPU: Regional debate on “Gender-sensitive parliaments”
REGIONAL DEBATE ON "GENDER-SENSITIVE PARLIAMENTS" Chamber of Deputies Valparaíso, Chile, 11 and 12 July 2012Regional meeting organized by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile and the Inter-Parliamentary Union The regional debate on “Gender-sensitive...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Discussion Summaries
Summary of E-Discussion on Implementation of SCR1325
UN Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) mandates that women in post-conflict states fully participate in all aspects of the transition. The resolution is historic because of the depth of change — in procedure, assessment, delivery and attitudes...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
IPU: The regional debate on gender-sensitive parliaments
The Chamber of deputies of Chile and the Inter-Parliamentary Union are jointly organizing a regional debate on "gender-sensitive parliaments". This meeting will be held the 11 and 12 July 2012 in Valparaíso (Chile) This meeting is part of the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
More Latin American Women in Politics: Civil Society, Governments, and the United Nations Achieve Collaborative Agreements
Thursday 01 March 2007, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -- Under the auspices of the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), various civil society organizations and State...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Meeting of Women Parliamentarians in Lima
International IDEA has organized a meeting of female parliamentarians from six countries who will meet in Lima on June 4-5, 2007 to analyze their experiences as members of women’s parliamentarian caucuses. Increasingly in recent years, female...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Political Parity For Women Still A Long Way Off
Legislation in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean has not succeeded in ending discrimination against women in political and public life, say participants at the 10th Regional Conference on Women being held in the Ecuadorean...
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