Politics

AFGHANISTAN/ The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan on Monday where UN rights experts warned of systematic “gender apartheid”.

The annual UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) meets in March each year to address the widespread inequalities, violence and discrimination women continue to face, all around the…

For the first time, New Zealand will see an equal number of men and women in its government. NEWZEALAND/ This comes after Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime, who is of Māori…

WALES/ Muslim youth, and particularly women, are at the heart of a buoyant new movement in Wales and elsewhere against the Israeli oppression of the people of Palestine. “We got…

Violence against female politicians – and the threat of it – is becoming much more common, and not only in Britain. Mona Lena Krook looks at how social media has opened up new channels for harassment, what distinguishes misogynistic attacks, and how other countries are responding to them. Ignoring or playing down the problem is not an option: it represents a growing threat to democracy across the world.

AFGHANISTAN/Afghan women protested against the continued Taliban ban on girls’ education. There chants were “Education is our right“, “Right, justice, freedom” and “Either all or none“. The first demonstration of…

PALESTINE/ By ordering a brutal attack against Palestinian worshippers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque on the 14th day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew very well that…

FIJI/ A Fiji government minister is facing criticism for asking an opposition MP for “evidence” of the reported rape of Indo-Fijian women and children during the political turmoil of the…

NEPAL/ President Bidya Devi Bhandari has retired after completing 2 terms in the top political office in the country. While her stay in office has been criticized for many wrongs; there…

Tributes pour in from across the political spectrum for Boothroyd, who served as speaker in the Houses of Parliament from 1992 to 2000.