This consolidated response highlights tools used to empower women candidates, such as providing training, working with political parties, using affirmative action measures,and holding outreach campaigns. The consolidate response also provides several recommendations on how to reach out to women voters before and during elections, proactively engage women in voter registration, and hold voter education campaigns targeting both women and men.

This TV spot was used in a national campaign in legislative elections in Lebanon in 2003. In this video clip, a Lebanese Journalist, Giselle Khoury, calls on women to be active in political sphere. The video is in Arabic with the script translated into English.

“It is illogical to think that only 1.5% of the Lebanese Parliament is represented by women while almost 54% of the Lebanese population is women. They should never forget that democracy does not exist without women’s rights.”

This manual guides candidates on how to plan a campaign, mobilize members, organize campaign communications, fundraise, mitigate electoral violence, and build relationships with media.

This Handbook examines the concept of external voting, existing practices and the challenges that surround this issue. Includes examples of how external voting is implemented in certain countries. In addition, it provides an overview of external voting provisions in 115 countries and territories in the world, and a map illustrating the regional spread.