It took years of campaigning for women to get the vote and have a say in the running of the country. Gwenllian Morgan became Wales' first female mayor in 1910, in Brecon. Although a first for its time ...

Cherie Blair, the human-rights lawyer and wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, will issue a rallying cry for women to have a louder voice in politics after female representation barely ...

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 ...

Eleni Skoura was the first woman elected to the Greek parliament, in a historic moment for the all-male institution.

Parliament ’s pub is being closed over safety fears after a woman’s drink was allegedly spiked. Strangers’ Bar, in the House ...

If a quota for women is introduced here, it will mean that the anti-quota movement was unsuccessful, its leader says ...