Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post in Georgia that isn't a judgeship ...

Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post that isn’t a judgeship in Georgia when she takes ...

Only two women have been directly elected by their populations to the presidency in African countries: President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson of Liberia in 2006 and President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of ...

Democrat Alicia Johnson made history Monday when she was sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Georgia Public ...

Growing outrage over gender-based violence and systemic inequality has fuelled calls for a radical new political formation: an all-female, feminist-led party designed to put women’s issues at the ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — An annual tea party celebrating the contributions of Black women in the Quad Cities will take place at the beginning of next month. The "Gathering of Women Annual Tea Party" is set ...

South Africa is not short on capable women who could be candidates for the presidency — what’s holding the country back is fear and outdated thinking. That’s according to several experts and political ...

Marriage in west Africa has played a central role in shaping aspects of society, and has evolved over time. While traditional heterosexual unions dominate discussions, a lesser-known but significant ...