Joseph Boakai used his second State of the Nation Address this January to promote a big step for women: 39 percent of his ministers – seven out of 19 – are women, the highest ratio of female to male ...

The resolution, which passed with bipartisan support, presented by U. S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Lisa Murkowski ...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz and Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, led a bipartisan group of 34 senators in passing a resolution to recognize the heritage, ...

This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers March 8 to March 14.

The survey of over 33 countries also found over half of women parliamentarians have been targeted by hate speech, ...

Pacific are experiencing significant levels of abuse, violence and harassment, a new report has found, with online abuse a key issue.The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) interviewed 150 female MPs and ...

New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in ...

Women’s political participation stems from international rights awareness, gender movements, inspirational figures, quotas, digital platforms, personal injustices, and community-driven aspirations.

Thirty years ago, the Beijing Platform for Action was born out of the astute recognition that the lack of opportunities for women and girls was stalling development across the world. And that there ...

The Canadian women’s rugby team will open defence of its Pacific Four Series title on May 2 against the ninth-ranked United States at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City. Second-ranked Canada will then fly to ...

The judge emphasised that women must be given sufficient opportunities to demonstrate their talent in the realm of policymaking and leadership. Supreme Court judge justice BV Nagarathna on ...

MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud has highlighted key strides in gender equality, women’s empowerment and social protection at the Ministerial Round Table talk at the ...