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New NDI guide looks at ways to monitor and mitigate electoral violence >>
Asia

Burma

Suu Kyi Voices Confidence of Taking Power in 2015 >>

Cambodia

Parties Agree on Kek for NEC Seat >>

India

Maneka Gandhi Proposes to Set Up Exclusive Bank for Women >>

Mongolia

Female Parliamentarians Report on Their Joint Projects >>

Nepal

Bill Aims to Ensure 40% Women's Representation in Local Bodies >>

Pakistan

Why Pakistan Needs a Few More Good Women >>

Tonga

Tongan Women Leaders Meet for Elections Training (Interview) >>

Central and Eastern Europe

Bulgaria

Georgieva Poised to be Bulgaria's European Commission Nominee as Issue Passes to Caretaker Cabinet >>

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's Reformist Bloc Heads at Snap Elections on its Own >>

Czech Republic

Czech Parties With Few Female Candidates May Lose Subsidies >>

Central and West Africa

Ghana

NPP Women Endorse Nana Akufo-Addo >>

Liberia

'We Will Support Women' - Liberty Party Push Candidates for Senatorial Race >>

Nigeria

Why Nigerian Women Shy Away From Politics >>

Sierra Leone

APC Women's Congress Takes Ebola Sensitization to the Streets >>

Eurasia

Estonia

Coalition Differs Over Gender Quotas >>

Georgia

Ombudsman Concerned Over Lack of Women in Politics >>

Turkey

HDP Candidate Expresses Support for Women's Rights >>

Turkey

Turkish Women Protest Deputy PM's No Laughing Comments >>

Ukraine

Poroshenko Supports Concept of Gender Quotas >>

Latin America and the Caribbean

Regional

Beyond the Street Protests (Opinion) >>

Brazil

Among 11 Candidates, Dilma Has 38% of Votes for Brazilian Presidency >>

Chile

An Heir to the Chilean Presidency: Isabel Allende Bussi (Blog) >>

Suriname

UN Hails Suriname for Gender Equality in Nationality Laws >>

Uruguay

'Ready for the Lists', Say Uruguayan Women (Blog) >>

Middle East and North Africa

Iraq

Iraq Gunmen Kill Female Former Candidate for Parliament >>

Lebanon

Culture of Respecting Human Rights Needed, Lawyer Says >>

Tunisia

Getting Out the Female Vote in Tunisia >>

Southern and East Africa

Regional

SADC Ministers Agree on Gender, Women Economic Empowerment >>

Kenya

Women MPs, Rights Groups Call for Tougher Laws Against Domestic Violence >>

Malawi

Minimal Participation of Vulnerable Women in Decision Making at Local Level Crippling Decentralization >>

Rwanda

Rwanda is Proof That More Women Should Work in Criminal Justice >>

Rwanda

Rwanda Female MPs 'Pioneers' in Gender Equality >>

South Sudan

Women March for Peace in Juba >>

Tanzania

Dar Eyes 50 Percent Female Representation >>

Zimbabwe

Change Law to Get Young Women Into Politics >>

Global

Global

Obama Urges Young Leaders to "Update" Africa on Women's Equality >>

EU

'Cherchez La Femme' EU Short of Women for Next Executive >>

Ireland

Politics Still an Exclusive and Largely Male Pursuit, Fianna Fáil Councillors Say >>

Italy

Italian Foreign Minister to Start a Tour of Visits in the Balkan >>

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