There are parts of the country where men actively and determinedly prevent women from exercising their right to vote
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Cameroon Women Arrested at Protest Seeking Peace Talks
100 women arrested trying to ask President to negotiate a peaceful political transition and solve the separatist crisis
Record number of Lebanon women register to run in election
A record number of women have registered to stand in Lebanon’s first legislative elections in nine years
VIDEO: Female Political Representation Under Authoritarianism
An event was held to discuss the impact of dictatorship on women, particularly in the Middle East
Saudi Women Will Drive But Political Power is Still a Dream
Newfound empowerment is a potential social lightning rod in a country unaccustomed to such visibility for women
Ukrainian Femen women’s movement battles against state repression
Femen activists captured widespread public attention for the first time in February 2010 with a topless protest
A General Failure to Elect Women Parliamentarians Worldwide
Report finds little progress is being made in increasing the number of women parliamentarians
Zimbabwean women artists getting some deserved recognition
The intellectual, social and cultural space of African women in formerly colonised nations had been restricted
The gifted playwright championing Cherokee human rights
Play tackles tribal justice in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the larger fight to protect indigenous women
State Houses Still More Than 100 Years From Gender Parity
At the sluggish rate of the past 25 years, it’s going to take more than 100 years before there is gender parity