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New Guide Provides Global Approaches to Candidate Debates >>
Asia

Afghanistan

Pappas, Karokhail: Women Collaborating for Peace (Opinion)  >>

Afghanistan

Afghan Officials' Tributes to Afghan Female Politician  >>

India

Government Keen on a 50% Quota for Women in Urban Local Bodies   >>

Pakistan

Increase Women’s Seats in Local Bodies, Parliament  >>

Central and Eastern Europe

Croatia

Croatia’s First Woman President Inaugurated   >>

Poland

Polish Presidential Candidate Vows Closer Ties with Russia  >>

Central and West Africa

Ghana

DCE Urges Education to Sustain Women Interest in Politics  >>

Nigeria

Lagos Lawmaker Seeks More Women Participation in Politics  >>

Nigeria

Nigeria’s Sole Female Presidential Candidate (Profile)  >>

Nigeria

Women Want Greater Representation in Government (Video)  >>

Eurasia

Turkey

Turkey’s Main Opposition Party to Name Women at Top of Electoral Lists  >>

Ukraine

Nadiya Savchenko, the Prisoner at the Center of Ukraine’s Cease-fire Deal (Blog)  >>

Latin America and the Caribbean

El Salvador

Power to the People, But Really: Participatory Democracy in El Salvador (Interview)  >>

Middle East and North Africa

Egypt

212 Women Among 5,053 to Run for Parliament in Egypt   >>

Egypt

Reflections of a Female Bedouin Candidate on Upcoming Elections (Interview)   >>

Israel

Israeli Party Seeks to Give Voice to Ultra-Orthodox Women  >>

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Women’s Rights Campaigners 'Freed from Prison'   >>

Saudi Arabia

Women Have Boosted Shoura’s Efficiency, Says European MP   >>

Southern and East Africa

Regional

Nkoana-Mashabane Hopeful for Lesotho Elections  >>

South Africa

UN Women Launches S. African Advisory Group   >>

Sudan

Participation of Women in Elections (Blog)  >>

Zimbabwe

Media Urged to Give Women Voices  >>

Global

USA

A Recent History: Black Women’s Political Representation (Blog)  >>

USA

Hillary Clinton, Privately, Seeks Favor of Elizabeth Warren  >>

USA

Jimmy Carter: 'Women’s Rights is the Fight of My Life'  >>

Global

Building Longterm Relations of Trust Between Civil Society, Voters and Women Politicians is Essential to Gender Quotas’ Success (Opinion)  >>

Global

Goverments Too Slow to Scrap Laws Biased Against Women, Report Says  >>

Australia

A Day of Firsts for Women in Politics, and One in Particular (Opinion)  >>

EU

The Unsung Heroine of Minsk Talks (Profile)  >>

Greece

Even as Progressives Take Lead in Greece, Women Remain Out of Power   >>

UK

Labour’s Pink Bus: Listening Exercise or Just Pretending to Listen (Opinion)  >>

UK

Nicola Sturgeon: 'I Want to Help Women'  >>

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