Bogota elects first woman mayor in Colombia regional vote
2019-10-28
Lopez has promised to put more police officers on the streets, to fight child labor and teenage pregnancy and to expand educational opportunities for adults over 45 |
 |
Austria gets first woman chancellor after video scandal
2019-05-31
Austria has named a top lawyer, Brigitte Bierlein, to be interim chancellor - the first woman to occupy the post - ahead of early elections |
|
Spain's parliament leads Europe in gender-equality despite rise of far right
2019-05-23
At 47%, Spain has a bigger proportion of female lawmakers than even Sweden, which has a far longer history of promoting gender equality |
|
Modi's party promises 33 pct reservation for women in India's parliament
2019-04-09
The Bharatiya Janata Party promised reserve one third of seats in the Indian parliament and state assemblies for women if elected to power
|
|
Chicago heads to the polls to elect city's first black woman as mayor
2019-04-03
The victor will become the first African-American woman to lead Chicago, a rarity in the United States, where only 6 percent of mayors in the 200 U.S. largest cities are women of color
|
|
Lebanese women hail first female Arab interior minister
2019-02-18
Lebanon has appointed the Arab world's first female interior minister in its new government, prising open a wider foothold for women in its overwhelmingly male political scene |
|
Nevada becomes first U.S. state with majority of women lawmakers
2018-12-20
The appointments will give women 23 of the 42 seats in the state Assembly. Women already held nine of the 21% in the Senate, and now will represent 51% of Nevada's 63 combined lawmakers |
|
Colombia shatters glass ceiling with gender-equal cabinet
2018-07-27
Colombia is to get its first female interior minister with women heading other key ministries including justice and energy
|
|
Walk the talk: India's opposition urges Modi to pass women's bill
2018-07-17
The bill provides for one-third of seats in national and state assemblies to be reserved for female candidates
|
|
|
|
|
