Tag «POLITICS»

108 Years: Wait for Gender Equality Gets Longer as Women’s Share of Workforce, Politics Drops

Despite the global gender gap narrowing slightly in 2018, proportionately fewer women than men are participating in the labour force or in political life Overall, the economic gender gap narrowed in 2018; however, access to health and education, and political empowerment suffered reversals Iceland remains the world’s most gender-equal country. At the current rate of …

Attention Journalists: India Journalism Programme and Chevening Master’s Programme

The Chevening India Journalism Programme is a Fellowship programme aimed at high-flying, mid-career journalists from India and Bhutan. Fellows will undertake a specifically designed programme called Good Governance in a Changing World: Media, Politics and Society at the University of Westminster which offers an intensive learning experience that will sharpen thinking and leadership skills. Course …

TURKEY MUST CLEAN UP ITS POLITICS OR SUFFER EVEN GREATER PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD! – TI

Transparency International Turkey invites Turkish people to sign online petition demanding clean politics  International Turkey today says recent widespread allegations of deeply-rooted corruption across Turkey’s political establishment show the country urgently needs to do much more to clean up politics. Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer launched in July 2013 already showed that Turkish citizens identified …