April 12, 2011 (Central Asian Newswire)
Uzbek authorities recently held a roundtable to discuss increasing the participation of women in political life, the Uzbekistan Daily news web site UzDaily.com reported on Monday.
April 11, 2011 (IPS)
Argentina's president is a woman, Cristina Fernández, and the country has one of the highest percentages of women lawmakers in the world. But women also have other leadership roles, outside the political system.
April 11, 2011 (Ak News)
The Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the federal government revealed on Monday forming a joint committee with the Ministry of Culture to develop a joint work plan and identify mechanisms for its application, pointing out that she discussed with the Minister of Culture , mechanisms to broaden the participation of women in order to access the decision-making positions in cultural institutions.
April 08, 2011 (Radio Srbija)
The International Day of the Roma is celebrated on April 8. The day was officially declared in 1990, in honour of the first major international meeting of Romani representatives, 7-12 of April, 1971 in London. On the occasion of this day, a session of the Commitee for Gender Equality was held in the Serbian Parliament and was attended by members of several Roma associations. The topic of the meeting was the position of Roma women in Serbia. It was emphasized at the session that the average life span of Roma is 48 years and that only 3.5% of Roma women live until 65 years of age.
April 08, 2011 (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
Back in 1960, Sri Lanka made headlines across the globe when it became the first country to elect a female leader. This could have been the start of a promising future for Sri Lankan women in politics. Instead it became painfully obvious that Sirimavo Bandaranaike and her daughter after her were only able to reach such a position through their family connections.
April 07, 2011 (The Atlantic)
News that the U.S. may negotiate with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan raises many questions, the most important of which is, should we, or shouldn't we? That question has generated a small cyberspace library of its own in recent weeks, with the consensus so far in favor. It is widely believed that there are at least informal official talks about talks going on behind closed doors. But should we harbor any continuing doubts? And what can we expect from negotiations?
April 07, 2011 (UN News Centre)
Women have played a critical role in the pro-democracy protest movements that have swept across North Africa and the Middle East this year, and their rights and leadership potential must continue to be encouraged, the head of the new United Nations entity for gender equality and women's empowerment said today.
April 07, 2011 (Third Sector)
Many countries are celebrating growing numbers of women in political life, however the Pacific Islands continue to have the poorest level of women's participation in municipal governance. The International Women's Development Agency reports on their efforts to change this.
April 05, 2011 (Southeast European Times)
Last year, Serbia passed a bill regulating gender equality, but the traditional Balkan notion that women belong at home is slow to change.
April 05, 2011 (The Perspective)
The Gender Equity Bill in Liberia that had sought to allocate 30% of women's representation in the government was defeated in the House.
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