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Warriors in Pink: Women in African Politics-Video

Dora Akinyuli, Nigerian Political Candidate

With the exception of few isolated cases, the participation of women in African politics is marginal but things are beginning to change, somehow. Currently, women constitute 49% of the parliament in Rwanda, the highest percentage in world rankings of women in national parliaments. The world average is about 15% women.

The video below shows how some women in Nigeria are hoping to change the statistics in the West African country.

“Study after study has shown that there is no effective development strategy in which women do not play a central role,” says UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. When women are fully involved, he notes, the benefits are immediate – families are healthier and better fed and their income, savings and investments go up. “And what is true of families is also true of communities and, in the long run, of whole countries.”

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Employers Can Tell Women to Wear Bras to Work, Court Ruling

German bosses can tell 'braless' women to stay home

Live in Germany and not following the news the past couple of days? Well, your job may be at risk.  According to a new court ruling from the State Labor Court in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,  women in Germany have new rules on bras. Now bosses can regulate women in the country to wear bras in to work.

Bosses can also tell women how long their fingernails can be, and they can oblige her to keep them clean and well groomed.

Men don’t get off scot-free in this new Germany court ruling either. Men can wear beards at work, but their bosses can order them to keep it well trimmed and neat.

The case was about airport security personnel and what they dressed like. Interestingly, the court ruling will apply to all workplaces in the state in Germany.

Some of the requirements are commonsense but taken for granted. For instance, if you live in that state, and you want to wear a bright colored bra to work, then you better have an undershirt on to prevent it from shining through your shirt.

Do you think these new rules for workers in Germany about women and bras are too harsh?

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