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First Women Speaker For Botswana Parliament

Published date: 
3 Nov 2009

The appointment of Margaret Nasha as the first woman to occupy the post of Speaker of the National Assembly in Botswana signals another step towards gender equality in southern Africa. 

Uganda: Aids Activists Protest Anti-Gay Bill

Published date: 
20 Oct 2009

A draft bill before the Ugandan parliament that seeks to impose stricter sanctions on homosexuality would drive men who have sex with men further underground, making it even more difficult for them to access HIV services, according to AIDS activists.

Malema: Zuma Owes Youth

Published date: 
17 Jun 2009

Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League has reminded President Jacob Zuma that youth votes did not come cheap. 

IFP Youth: We Didn't Mean It

Published date: 
12 Jun 2009
The IFP Youth Brigade has apologised for calling on the party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi to step down.  They said they did not meant it.

Finally, A UN Agency For Women

Published date: 
27 May 2009
The UN system has failed the world's 3 billion-plus women - but a new 'super-agency' may bring welcome change.

Malawi: Appoint A 50-50 Cabinet – Gender Network Tells Mutharika

Published date: 
24 May 2009
The NGO Gender Coordination Network (NGO GCN) has called upon re-elected Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika and the soon to be inaugurated Parliament to consider a 50-50 cabinet population and an appointment of a female Speaker of the National Assembly.

Ghana: Time to Re-Think Women Political Participation in Ghana

Published date: 
22 May 2009
This is an article by an M.A. student of University of Ghana on the need to have more ministerial position.

Lithuania First Woman President

Publisher: 
BBC
Published Date: 
2009
Abstract: 
Dalia Grybauskaite has been elected Lithuania's first female president, according to official results.

Women Win First Parliament Seats in Kuwait History

Published date: 
14 May 2009
Women have won four seats in Kuwait's parliament, the first women to do so in the Gulf Arab state's history, official election results showed on Sunday.

'Were there no women on the DA list?'

Published date: 
15 May 2009
This is an open letter to Helen Zille from deputy director of Gender Links Kubi Rama.
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