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Mauritanian Political Parties Put Aside Differences to Strengthen Organizing Skills >>
Asia

Afghanistan

Afghan MPs Reject First Female Supreme Court Judge  >>

Bangladesh

Women Being Insulted in Parliament: Khaleda >>

India

Bihar Polls: Women Cannot be Dismissed As a Political Demographic; Outvoted Men in 2010 >>

India

Priya Sethi Chairs Seminar on Women in Leh >>

India

Why Are the Opposition and Media Picking on Female Leaders of The BJP? >>

Sri Lanka

Sixteen Women Candidates to Contest from Anuradhapura >>

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Wants More Women Candidates in Parliamentary Polls >>

Central and Eastern Europe

Albania

Gendered Legacies of Communist Albania: A Paradox of Progress (Analysis) >>

Kosovo

First Female President of the Republic Of Kosovo Among University Of Leicester Honorary Graduate >>

Poland

Polish PM Ewa Kopacz Says Ready to Present Bill to Help Mortgage Holders >>

Central and West Africa

Gambia

Jammeh Has Always Been Women's Preferred Candidate - Says Women's Bureau Boss >>

Ghana

Female MPs alarmed as Ghana records 750,000 teenage pregnancies in 2014 >>

Liberia

Sen. Taylor Wants Women's Rights Protected >>

Nigeria

2015 Elections: Sen. Alhassan Solicits Women Support At Tribunal >>

Nigeria

'Political Parties Must Have Affirmative Action in Their Constitutions' (Interview) >>

Nigeria

"Women also have right to be INEC chairman" - Groups reply PDP, others >>

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Finally Ratifies Maputo Protocol on Women >>

Eurasia

Belarus

Election 2015. Ananich: Equal Conditions in Mass Media for All Presidential Candidates >>

Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina

'Ni Una Menos': Feminism and Politics in Argentina (Opinion) >>

Venezuela

Parliamentary Elections With Gender Parity In Venezuela >>

Venezuela

Venezuela's Machado Says Will Defy Ban and Run for Parliament >>

Middle East and North Africa

Iraq

Thikra Alwash, Bagdhad's First Female Mayor >>

Southern and East Africa

Botswana

BCP Women's League Call to Women (Opinion) >>

Somalia

Somali Politics Receive Yet Another Female Presidential Hopeful >>

Somalia

St. Cloud Woman Wants to be Somalia's First Female President >>

Tanzania

History is Made in Tanzania with Two Women Among the Five Potential Candidates to be President >>

Tanzania

Tanzania Gears Up to Have First Female Vice President >>

Zimbabwe

Female MPs Abuse Cases Rise >>

Zimbabwe

Female MPs Sexually Harassed in Parliament, Misihairabwi-Mushonga >>

Zimbabwe

Grace Mugabe: From First Lady to President of Zimbabwe? Nobody's Laughing Now >>

Global

USA

Interview With Jill Stein - Green Party Candidate for President (Interview) >>

USA

Power of the Pocketbook: Women Gaining Influence As Campaign Donors >>

USA

Why Aren't More Women's Groups Fighting to Get Carly Fiorina Into the GOP Debate? (Opinion) >>

Global

Reporting Gender Pay Inequality is Not The Same as Tackling It >>

Global

These Are the Best Places in the World to Be a Woman in Politics, According to the OECD >>

Australia

Getting Women Into Top Political Roles Starts Before the Job Does (Opinion) >>

Australia

Julia Gillard on Leadership and Women in Public Life (Blog) >>

Australia

The Labor Party Must Have More Women in Leadership Positions (Opinion) >>

Canada

Interview with an MP: Helene Laverdiere (Interview) >>

Canada

Women Finally Front and Centre in Alberta Politics (Opinion) >>

Canada

Women To Watch: Karley Scott (Profile) >>

Spain

Barcelona Mayor Gives Herself a Pay Cut >>

UK

'Girls?' Women's Minister Nicky Morgan Objects to Photographer's Greeting >>

UK

Nicola Sturgeon Blasts 'Crass' News Statesman Cover of Female MPs Around a Crib with Headline: 'Why Are So Many Successful Women Childless?' >>

UK

Nicola Sturgeon Tells Muslim Women To Get Involved In Politics >>

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