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Monday, September 10, 2012
Malaysia: Women Will Be Fielded As Candidates, As Well, Says Palanivel
MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel has given an assurance that the party would also select women as candidates in the coming general election (GE). He hoped Wanita MIC members would dismiss unfounded rumours that the party would not field female...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Mongolia: Breaking the Binds of Gender Inequality
Mongolia lags in three of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and gender equality, according to the UNDP country report for 2012-2016. Gender equality and women’s empowerment— UN MDG goal three...
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Malaysia: PBB Youth welcomes candidates from women’s wing for GE
The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth wing said it would welcome a woman candidate from the party’s Women’s wing in the 13th general election. Its chief Datuk Fadillah Yusof noted that during the last state election, PPB which formed the...
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Mongolia: Number of Seats Held by Women in Mongolia’s Parliament Triples
While the arrest of Mongolia’s former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar on corruption charges has been dominating headlines, another quieter, but very significant event took place earlier this summer on June 28, when nine women won seats in the country’s...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Maldives: MDP Women’s Wing protest against alleged sexual harassment, call for Fahmy’s resignation
The Women’s Wing of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) gathered outside the government Velaanaage building yesterday in protest at alleged workplace sexual harassment faced by females. The protest was held after Civil Service Commission (CSC)...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi makes parliamentary debut
  Photo credit: Reuters She is one of 43 members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in parliament after historic by-elections in April. The vote took place amid a series of political reforms initiated by the military-backed...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Mongolia: The Impact of a Quota: Female MPs in the Ikh Khural
So, what was the impact of this quota on the number of MPs? Looking at the preliminary results for this year’s election, seven women have been elected directly in the 48 first-past-the-post contests: D Oyunkhorol (MPP), Ts Oyungerel (DP), G Uyanga (...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Mongolia: Can New Electoral Law Help Women Enter Parliament?
Supported by recent revisions to Mongolia’s election law, a record number of women are on the ballot in parliamentary elections on June 28. They are seeking seats in what has traditionally been a male-dominated body. Of the 544 candidates running...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Many Women Leaders, Not Much Equality
Asia, a sprawling continent which has produced the world's largest number of female heads of government, lags far behind both in gender equality and gender empowerment. For more information, please visit IPS News
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MYANMAR: Parliamentary Elections, 1 Apr 2012
  Description of electoral system: The President is indirectly elected by parliament. In the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw), 168 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies and 56 members are reserved...
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Report / White Paper
Marching Ahead: A Profile Book of Women Constituent Assembly Members (Nepal)
The women of Nepal are strong, articulate and capable leaders. The constituent Assembly members selected and profiled in this book  demonstrate to all women and men that leadership arises in all segments of society, all backgrounds, regions,...
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