Marie Louis Paulette Milne, one of only seven women among 216 election candidates, secured 1227 votes to pip her closest ...

NEW DELHI - An Indian opposition parliament member (MP) was arrested on Thursday (Jan 30) following rape accusations by a ...

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn was given permission by MPs to introduce the Women’s State Pension age (Ombudsman report ...

Jenica Atwin is leaving federal politics for the "time being" in part because of the online hate she receives, saying the ...

She explains her aspirations, as well as her historic election as one of the first women Members of Parliament in Eswatini: I was motivated by an incident where a 6-year-old relative of mine was ...

Vanesa Escobar is a JURIST correspondent in Peru and a law graduate of Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco.  On December 10th Peru suffered yet another murder. This time, however, the ...

Priya Saroj, the youngest woman Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh and a member of the Samajwadi Party, is engaged to Indian cricketer Rinku Singh. The families met in Aligarh to finalize ...

Women who work in Holyrood have told The Herald about sexual harassment, discrimination and prejudice from colleagues and politicians.

Special Aide to the President, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has praised John Dramani Mahama for nominating seven women for ...

Three parliament employees have been dismissed after being found guilty of sexually assaulting female staff members, parliament sources said ... Bureau for the Prevention of Abuse of Children and ...

In recent years, protection needs have continued to rise as millions have been forced to flee their homes as a result of new and ongoing conflicts, climate conditions, violence, persecution and ...

The amendments to Iraq's personal status law allow clerics to rule on marriages based on their interpretation of Islamic law.