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3/12/2004 - Introduction
(All materials written by Women's Environment and Development Organization at www.wedo.org). by Sororro Reyes The good news about women’s political empowerment is that 189 governments have promised women “equal access to” and “full participation in” power structures and decision making....

4/4/2001 - French Parity Law Doubles Number of Women Elected
As a direct result of a new French law requiring 50% of candidates on municipal election ballots to be women, the number of women municipal officeholders more than doubled from 22% in 1995 to 47.5% in 2001....