Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian leader, legislator, activist and scholar. She was the first woman to be elected to the Executive Committe of the Palestine Liberation Organization (2009) and she currently holds a seat in that organization, witch is the highest executive body in Palestine. She visited Brown University Sept. 25 and 26, 2013, kicking off a series of events organized by the Middle East Studies Initiative marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Principles of the White House lawn.

Hanan Ashrawi is a Palestinian leader, legislator, activist and scholar. She was the first woman to be elected to the Executive Committe of the Palestine Liberation Organization (2009) and she currently holds a seat in that organization, witch is the highest executive body in Palestine. She visited Brown University Sept. 25 and 26, 2013, kicking off a series of events organised by the Middle East Studies Initiative marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Principles of the White House lawn.

Simons College is a women-centered, small University located in the heart of Boston. In this video members of the Simons community answer the question: who is your favorite woman in politics and why. And what about you? Who is your favorite woman in politics?

Many political observers say 2012 was "The Year of the Woman". Voters sent a record number of females to the U.S. Senate and women emerged as driving forces in the campaign. So what impact are they having on their politics and public policy? This panel explores the challenges, opportunities and expectations facing women leaders.

Women make up a majority of the Scottish electorate, but they remain markedly under-represented in Parliament and wider political debate. John Mackay was joined to debate the issue with writer and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Annabel Goldie and The Times journalist and former labour spin doctor Lorraine Davidson.

Women in politics Public Lecture on Dublin Trinity College. Speakers: Prof. Gail Mc Elroy, Ms. Rachel Nolan; Prof. Ivana Bacik, Prof. Catherine Lawless.

Men Samon, Member of National Assembly for Svay Riong province (CPP) and Mu Sochua (SRP), two distinguished women politicians answer Ouy Boumny about the partecipation of women in politics in Cambodia.

Preethi Sundaran (Fawcett Society) and Andre Walker (Political Commentator) debate with Yvonne Ridley and Myriam Francois Cerrah at Press TV about the under-represented female gender in English Parliament.

Saman Mohammad Badawi (a Saudi Arabian human rights activist), Dr. Lubna Al-Kazi (Professor of Sociology at Kuwait University and Director of the Women's Studies Unit, Kuwait University), Shurooq Amin (a Kuwait mixed media interdisciplinary artist and Anglophone poet) and Dr. Alanoud Al Sharekh (Senior political Analyst at the Kuwait National Security Bureau and Gender Politics Consultant for UNIFEM, Freedom House and the UNDP on academic and social outreach project in Kuwait) debate on the absence of Women in politics in the Post Arab Spring contest.

Women in politics session of Africa Leadership Dialogues with Rabiaa Najlaoui (MP Tunisia, Member of Parliament for 3 years), Gogontejang Phaladi (Founder and Executive Director of the Pillar of Hope Project, Botswana) and Margaret Dongo (Veteran politician from Zimbawe with 30 years in the political arena).

On october 2013 Francesca from our team had the great honour to participate in a conference of Aung San Suu Kyi on "Charity and compassion in politics". She wants to share with you her enlightening words.

Politics is about human society. What is needed for human beings is needed for politics. There is a misconception of politics. Politics is responsibility. There is a need for compassion and charity in politics.

In order to have a genuine democracy, there is the need for national reconciliation and every one's potential has to be realized. We could apply this to women's potential, vital for a genuine democracy.

from BBC This World 2012
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