Political empowerment

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey (born July 8, 1945) is a politician, member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2002. She is head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (the Swiss Foreign Minister) and was President of the Confederation in 2007. Calmy-Rey is the fourth woman elected to the Federal Council in history Table of Contents […]

Parity Democracy for Europe

Table of Contents 1 Parity Democracy Campaign 2 The project’s specific objectives 3 The project’s activities 4 External links Parity Democracy Campaign The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is coordinating the “European Campaign For Parity Democracy and Active European Citizenship: No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality”. This project is led in partnership with the […]

Fourth World Conference on Women

The convened the Fourth World Conference on Women on September 4-September 15, 1995 in Beijing, . Delegates had prepared a Platform for Action that aimed at achieving greater equality and opportunity for women. The three previous World Conferences had been held in Mexico City (International Women’s Year, 1975), Copenhagen (1980) and Nairobi (1985). Table of […]

Female Heads of State

This is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state of their respective countries. This list does not include monarchs. Names in italics refer to temporary presidencies. The list is organised chronologically (mandate start date). Name Country Name of post Mandate start Mandate end Chairman of the Presidium of the […]

Angela Davis

Table of Contents 1 Angela Davis 2 Early Life, Education, and Teaching 2.1 Birmingham and “Dynamite Hill” 2.2 Educational and Philosophical Influences 2.3 Time as a teacher at the University of California, Los Angeles 3 Activism and Imprisonment 3.1 The Soledad Brothers and the Marin County Courthouse incident 3.2 “Free Angela Davis” 4 Current Activism […]

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.  A , Amnesty works to improve through campaigning and international solidarity. Amnesty has more than 2.2 million members and subscribers in more than 150 countries and regions which are coordinated to act for justice on a wide range […]

Water access and gender

Table of Contents Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender formed by culture Gender, the environment, and gender mainstreaming Cultural gender norms and water Effect of climate change on women and water Precipitation pattern changes Sea level rise Desertification Glacier melt See also Why does gender matter? Gender vs. sex Gender and sex connote […]

Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was first female prime minister and the first woman elected to lead a Muslim State. Her government was dismissed twice on account of corruption, but she was credited for putting greater focus on modernisation of the economy and for putting more attention on women’s issues. She […]

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice born November 14, 1954 is an American professor, politican, diplomat and author. She was the 66th . Rice was National Security Advisor during his first term.She was also a professor of political science at Stanford University, as well as Provost from 1993-1999. Rice also served as the Soviet and East European Affairs Advisor […]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (born February 19, 1953) is an politician from the Justicialist Party and the current President of Argentina. She is the wife of former President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner. Before assuming the presidency she was a Senator for Buenos Aires Province and acted as First Lady during her husband’s term. She […]

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