Apply for the 2012 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards
1. 18. 2012
The application period for the 2012 edition is now open. Women entrepreneurs are welcome to submit their application.
Will Fawzia Koofi Be Afghanistan's First Female President?
1. 9. 2012
Left out to die in the sun as a baby girl, Fawzia Koofi became the first female deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament.
For Indian Women, a Long Wait for Equality in Parliament
1. 4. 2012
As its winter session wound down last week, it was clear that the Indian Parliament would remain a male bastion for the near future.
Brazil Women More Ambitious Than U.S. ones
12. 19. 2011
Brazilian women aim to attain top jobs, a report by the Center for Work-Life Policy shows. At least 80% of college-educated Brazilian women aspire to top-level positions, compared with 52% in the U.S.
3 Women’s Rights Leaders Accept Nobel Peace Prize
12. 12. 2011
In a ceremony in Oslo, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was presented to three female activists and political leaders for “their nonviolent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights” as peacemakers.
Japan: culture change required
12. 7. 2011
In 1986, the Japanese government introduced an employment law that addressed equal opportunities on the basis of gender. A quarter of a century on, the economic tide has turned, but women in high-ranking positions are still few and far between.
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