Ranjana Kumari, convenor of Women Power Connect.

By Ranjit Devraj

NEW DELHI, Mar 8, 2010 (IPS) – With assured backing from India’s main opposition groups, the ruling Congress party hopes to see voted through in the upper house of Parliament Monday a bill reserving 33 percent of seats in national and provincial legislatures for women. Continue Reading

Paula Fray interviews ANNE-MARIE GOETZ, UNIFEM chief advisor for Governance, Peace and Security

Anne-Marie Goetz: ‘The structural exclusion of women is striking, and does tell us that there are serious double standards.’ Credit: Paula Fray/IPS

NEW DELHI, Feb 9, 2010 (IPS) – Women’s movements have played a critical role in creating political space for female participation in politics around the world. In fact, there are more women in government today than ever before.
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By Daniel Zueras

SAN JOSÉ, Feb 8 , 2010 (IPS) – Laura Chinchilla of the governing National Liberation Party (PLN) will be the first female president of Costa Rica and the ninth in the history of Latin America.
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