Political empowerment

Corazon Aquino

María Corazón Cojuangco-Aquino (b. 1933 -1 August, 2009), was the 11th President of the , serving from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female President of the Philippines and was Asia’s first female President. Table of Contents 1 Early Life and Education 2 Marriage to Benigno Aquino, Jr. and Political life 3 Presidency 1986-1992 […]

Agatha Barbara

Agatha Barbara (March 11, 1923 – February 4, 2002) was the first and to date only female President of the . Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Life 2 Political Life 3 Presidency 4 On Women’s Political Empowerment in Malta 5 See Also 6 References Education and Early Life Barbara was born in Żabbar, […]

Vital Voices Global Partnership

Vital Voices Global Partnership is a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that identifies, trains, and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world. They have an international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, who […]

Violeta Chamorro

Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro (born October 18, 1929) is a political leader, former president and publisher. Chamorro was the first, and to date only, woman to hold that position in Nicaragua, and furthermore was the first elected female head of government in Latin America and the second North American woman president, (following only Ertha […]

Rural Women Councils (RWC)

Table of Contents 1 Definition 2 Goals of RWCs 3 Activities of Rural Women Councils 3.1 Public awareness raising 3.2 Community mobilization 3.3 Education (tailor-made thematic trainings) and capacity building (trainings on organizational skills, project cycle management) 3.4 Community advocacy for local concerns 3.5 Networking and lobbying 4 RWCs principles 5 RWCs in the South […]

World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum is an independent international organisation committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan […]

UN Women Fund for Gender equality

The Fund for Gender Equality is a UN Women grant-making mechanism dedicated exclusively to the economic and political empowerment of women worldwide. Since its launch in 2009, the Fund has delivered grants of USD 56.5 million to 96 grantee programmes in 72 countries. Each programme supports women, especially those who are marginalized, with what they need and […]

Women’s political participation in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia

The (UN-INSTRAW) and the Centre for Arab Women Training and Research (CAWTAR) have initiated a project on “Strengthening women’s leadership and participation in politics and decision-making in , and “, financed by the Government of Spain. Table of Contents 1 Participation of women in politics  2 Project priorities 3 Women politicians heading electoral lists in […]

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