Political empowerment

Soong Ching-ling

Soong Ch’ing-ling (traditional Chinese: 宋慶齡) (27 January 1893 – 29 May 1981), also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters—who, along with their husbands, were amongst most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the first non-royal woman to officially become head of state of China, acting […]

Gender and Governance

The participation of women in politics is a human right and a development goal. When women participate in politics, there are benefits for women, men, children, communities and nations. Table of Contents 1 Governance 2 Gender Inequality and Governance 3 UNDP’s Work on Women’s Political Empowerment 4 See Also 5 Sources Governance Governance does not […]

Ruth Dreifuss

Ruth Dreifuss (b. 1940 – ) is a member of the Swiss Social Democratic Party and was the first woman ever to become President of the . Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Career 2 Politics 3 Reaction to her status as first female President of Swizerland 4 See Also 5 References Education and […]

Revolutionary Association of the Women in Afghanistan

RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, was established in Kabul, , in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for and for social justice in Afghanistan. The founders were a number of Afghan woman intellectuals under the leadership of Meena who was assassinated in 1987 in Quetta, . RAWA’s […]

Moremi Initiative: investing in women and girls’ leadership in Africa

Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Moremi Initiative: Training Young Women to Lead Change 1.1.1 The Moremi Initiative’s Leadership and Empowerment Development (MILEAD) Fellowship 2 See also 3 External links 4 References 5 Feedback Introduction Young women have long been identified as agents of change. As articulated by the World YWCA in their training manual […]

Women’s legal empowerment

The ability to and to claim, use, and defend land and other natural resource tenure rights – of individuals and groups – is contingent on processes of empowerment. Women face additional hurdles to empowerment, ranging from their status within the household and community to their status under customary and/or statutory law. While many countries make […]

“Young women and political participation: institutional and informal mobilization paving the way to future actions”

File:Logo_cawtar.JPG|Cawtar logo File:Logo_IDRC.JPG|IDRC logo Table of Contents 1 « Young women and political participation: institutional and informal mobilization paving the way to future actions» 1.1 1/ The Research / knowledge production aspect 1.2 2/ Participation/ appropriation aspect 1.3 3/ Action aspect 2 « Jeunes femmes et participation politique en Tunisie: mobilisation informelle et participation institutionnelle […]

New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation

The New Zealand Census of Women’s Participation examines the representation of women in governance in the corporate and public sectors as well as other areas of professional life. The 2008 report is the third report of this series and was released on 31 March 2008. The Census report is increasingly used in New Zealand and internationally […]

Michelle Bachelet

Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (b. 1951) is politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010 —the first woman president in the ‘s history. Bachelet was appointed as the head of by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on September 14, 2010. She took up the post on September 19, 2010.   […]

Meira Kumar

Meira Kumar (born March 31, 1945) is an politician and a five time Member of Parliament. She was elected unopposed as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha on 3 June 2009. She is from the low-caste Dalit (formerly untouchable) community, and has called her appointment “historic”. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Foreign Service […]

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