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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Interviews

Baroness D'Souza

This interview was conducted at the 133rd IPU Assembly.

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Breaking Barriers to Justice: Ending Violence against Women in the Americas

In the framework of International Women’s Day 2016, the Mission of the United States to the Organization of American States (OAS), the Mission of Canada to the OAS and the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the OAS have partnered to...

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

Academic Paper / Article

Book: Women of Power - Half a Century of Female Presidents and Prime Ministers Worldwide by Torild Skard

Torild Skard's recent book, Women of Power, has just been awarded the Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 by CHOICE, the US Library journal. The author is the former first woman President of the Norwegian Upper House, former Director of the Status...

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Basics of political funding

Basics of Political Funding is a one-hour course that focuses on the fundamental skills necessary fundraising for political campaigns, advocacy campaigns for causes, or political organizations. The course covers how to create a campaign finance plan...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

BRIDGE Project Encourages Women's Voting in Haiti

Sixteen years ago the BRIDGE –Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections– project was initiated. This is a joint initiative between the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), the International...

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Dorji Choden, Minister for Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan, speaking at the COP20 climate conference in Lima

Monday, April 13, 2015

Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant

Being a civil servant in this country is a unique challenge. Moving from a 20-year civil service career to becoming a government minister – and becoming the first democratically elected female minister of the country in the process – could be seen...

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Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy -Photo Commons

Thursday, April 02, 2015

Bangladesh’s only female big-city mayor may also be its most effective

Narayanganj, Bangladesh — This Muslim-majority nation may have a female prime minister, but at the local level it remains difficult for women to gain and hold political power. Salina Hayat Ivy knows this better than anybody. As the mayor of this...

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Interviews

Baroness Sandip Verma

UN) What are the common issues concerning women in the UK and what actions has your government taken to overcome these? (BV) It has to be recognised that for far too long the disparity in pay opportunities and access to a range of jobs and services...

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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Bomb Attack in Eastern Afghanistan Kills Female Politician

A popular female politician in east Afghanistan, Angiza Shinwari, died in hospital on Monday following a bomb attack on her vehicle last week, Afghan officials said, underscoring the growing dangers for women in the government. To read the full...

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

BRIDGE workshop conducted for Libyan women

The Academy for International Development-Middle East (AIDME) is implementing a three-year development project in the Middle East and North Africa region. The project entitled "Arab Women's Policy Center (WPC)" to be implemented jointly with six...

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Beijing 20+ - What is it?

by Lucile Huguet, iKNOW Politics writer Context and origin : The Beijing Conference took place in September 1995 and was the Fourth World Conference on Women. The previous three were respectively held in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980 and...

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Friday, December 12, 2014

Book launch: Political ‘barriers to entry’ for women highlighted

South Asian writers avoid writing on gender issues, but Dr Anita Weiss rightly explained the political paths of domestic powers in South Asian countries and identified the power distribution, political priorities, identity and women empowerment...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Bosnia Elects First Veiled MP

SARAJEVO – Sending a message of hope to Bosnian Muslim women, a veiled woman was elected to the House of Representatives in October's elections, becoming the first woman to enter the parliament with the Islamic headscarf. "I think my being elected...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Interviews

Birgitta Jónsdóttir

iKNOW Politics speaks with Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Member of Parliament, Iceland about the changing face of politics and how she began her career.

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Declaration politique et texte issus de Beijing +5

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Beijing+5 Political Declaration and Outcome

Considered the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women’s rights, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action has been reprinted in this special edition, which also includes a copy of the political declaration reached at the 23rd...

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Beyond the Surface: The Saudi Women Political Question

By Hala Alwagdani, In the beginning of 2013, King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia announced in a royal decree the appointment of 30 Saudi females in the Saudi Consultative Council. This has been only one of the steps in King Abdullah’s...

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Beyond the Surface: The Saudi Women Political Question

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Brazil elections: Dilma Rousseff promises reform after poll win

President Dilma Rousseff has promised to re-unite Brazil after narrowly winning re-election to a second term in office with 51.6% of the vote. She said "dialogue" would be her top priority after a bitterly fought campaign against centre-right...

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