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- WOMEN'S DAY-KENYA: Equal Pay in Theory, Not Always in Fact
NAIROBI, Mar 7 (IPS) - On Mar. 8, a century ago, thousands took to the streets of New York in demonstrations aimed at improving life for women. Burning issues of the day included the need for better working conditions -- higher pay, a shorter work day -- and winning the right to vote. - POLITICS-SOUTH AFRICA: A Trying Passage for Women in the Ruling Party
CAPE TOWN, Dec 31 (IPS) - The past weeks have been tumultuous for women in South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC). - ZIMBABWE: A "Can Do" Approach to Greater Political Involvement of Women
HARARE, Dec 30 (IPS) - With general elections expected to take place in Zimbabwe this coming March, a campaign is underway to increase women's political participation in the Southern African country. - CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Support Pledged for Women in S. Leone's Local Elections
FREETOWN, Dec 30 (IPS) - Sierra Leoneans will doubtless celebrate the past year as one in which their country distanced itself still further from a war-torn past, by holding general elections in August that were broadly viewed as free and fair. - POLITICS-KENYA: For Women, Elections May Be the Milestone That Wasn't
NAIROBI, Dec 27 (IPS) - General elections are underway in Kenya, marking the end of a titanic struggle between incumbent President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, heading the Party of National Unity and the Orange Democratic Movement, respectively. - POLITICS-KENYA: NGOs Bolster Women Candidates' Media and Voter Savvy
NAIROBI, Dec 26 (IPS) - A number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have come to the assistance of female candidates ahead of Kenya's general elections, scheduled for Thursday, in the hope of giving them a fair shot at the polls -- this in a country where lack of funds, resistance to women in leadership positions and various other factors tend to undermine women's electoral performance. - Q&A: "For Me, Money Has Been the Real Issue"
NAIROBI, Dec 26 (IPS) - As IPS reported earlier this year, the financial cost of campaigning has weighed heavily on certain women candidates in Kenya's general elections, set to take place Dec. 27. With just hours remaining before the polls, we caught up with one of these candidates -- Pamela Mburia -- to find out how she'd managed to press ahead with her bid for office in the face of such difficulties. - KENYA: Women Parliamentary Candidates on the Ballot, But Not in the Race?
NAIROBI, Dec 22 (IPS) - At first glance, it seems like a good news story. When Kenya goes to the polls next week for general elections, it will do so with record numbers of women on the ballot. - POLITICS-KENYA: A Call to Arm Women Candidates With More Than Speeches
NAIROBI, Dec 21 (IPS) - Last Friday, Margaret Wanjiru -- a parliamentary candidate in Kenya's Dec. 27 general elections -- was reportedly attacked while campaigning in her Starehe constituency in the capital, Nairobi. While she escaped injury, her supporters are said to have been hurt and her campaign van extensively damaged by stoning…Still, those targeted in this incident were probably luckier than Martha Kibwana. - TRANSPORT-SOUTH AFRICA: Culture Puts the Brakes on Women's Mobility
CAPE TOWN, Dec 16 (IPS/IFEJ) - The bicycle has been hailed as having done "more than anything else in the world…to emancipate women" -- the words of 19th century American feminist Susan B. Anthony. But for many women in South Africa, culture and tradition make it difficult to take advantage of the increased mobility and access to social and economic opportunities, not to mention the reduced carbon footprint, offered by bicycles. - Q&A: "Slash the Salaries of the President, Ministers and Members of Parliament"
NAIROBI, Dec 15 (IPS) - The sole female presidential candidate in Kenya's Dec. 27 general elections will launch her party's manifesto on Sunday. Nazlin Umar, one of nine contenders, is running on the ticket of the Workers Congress Party under the slogan "President wa mtaa" ("Street President", in Swahili), as part of a campaign to convince voters that she is able to address everyday concerns. - POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Whose Quota, Exactly?
FREETOWN, Dec 13 (IPS) - A campaign to bring about greater gender balance in Sierra Leone's government has sparked debate on issues of class, with some fearing that a proposed quota for women could be monopolised by candidates who are unrepresentative of Sierra Leonean women overall. - AFRICA: Money, Media and Tradition Complicate Women's Political Aspirations
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 2 (IPS) - The challenges confronting women politicians in Africa were given an airing recently during a press conference in South Africa's commercial hub, Johannesburg. - MEDIA-KENYA: For a Woman Candidate, It's Good To Be a Man
NAIROBI, Dec 5 (IPS) - As with political candidates everywhere, women running in this month's general elections in Kenya are doubtless keeping a close eye on the media to see how they are being portrayed by news outlets. Then again, these women may simply be concerned about whether they are portrayed at all. - Q&A: "More Activism From Women Would Be a Significant Stimulus to the Abolition Cause"
CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov 21 (IPS) - Professor Sahar Mahdi Al Yassiri is a well-known writer on death penalty abolition in the Islamic world. Al Yassiri, a lawyer by trade, is also a member of several human rights NGOs, including the Right to Life Centre for Death Penalty Abolition in North Africa and the Middle East. In an interview with Abderrahim El Ouali, IPS correspondent in the region, she explains why it is crucial that women play a more active role in the abolition movement:
