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Internal political party rules relevant to women’s participation include those regulating committee assignments, advancement procedures and power structures between internal bodies. For example, the charters of some political parties mandate that the head of the women’s wing is a de facto member of the party’s central executive committee, the highest decision-making body. You will find more information about internal organization here.

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Consolidated Response on Best Practices Used by Political Parties to Promote Women in Politics

This consolidated response highlights strategies and policies that may be used in addition to gender quotas by political parties to increase the numbers of women in politics. The strategies described in this response include establishing women’s sections in political parties, providing women candidates with training and financial assistance to hold effective campaigns, creating a forum for women to lobby and discuss policy, and offering political parties incentives for promoting women in politics.

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Consolidated Response on Women’s Caucuses and Their Impact on the Political Culture of Latin American Countries

This consolidated response analyzes the role and historical development of multi-party parliamentary women’s caucuses. The response looks into the goals, challenges and achievements of women's caucuses in parliaments in Latin American countries. It also highlights successful case studies from Latin America.

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Intra-Party Democracy and the Inclusion of Women

This article analyzes the representation of women in political decision making positions and processes in SADC member states. It also describes intra-party electoral systems and procedures as well as quotas and special measures applied in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Consolidated response on how to promote a gender equality policy within a political party

This consolidated response analyses what a gender equality policy means and the key steps as well as concrete measures for developing a political party gender equality policy.

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Overview of Strategies Applied in Bulgaria To Increase Women’s Participation And Representation

This report gives an overview of the strategies applied in Bulgaria to increase women’s political participation and representation. It highlights the increase in women’s political participation, particularly in Parliament, but emphasizes that there is still much work to be done to achieve gender balance in decision-making.

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Internal Communication: A Critical Function for Political Parties

This presentation explains the importance of good internal communication. It describes how to use and maintain good communication within and outside the party.

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Women’s Candidate Training Program

This manual provides training tips and workshop techniques for political party trainers to train Nepali women candidates for local government. It covers the following topics: the party ticketing process, building the party identity, election codes of conduct, campaign planning, developing a campaign message, and project monitoring and budgeting.

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Political Parties in Asia: Promoting Reform And Combating Corruption In Eight Countries

This report presents the research findings of a project conducted by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) and the Council for Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) on Political Party Strategies to Combat Corruption. The project aimed to identify existing strategies and mechanisms that political parties in Asia are employing to limit opportunities for corruption. The research focuses on eight countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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Essays on Gender and Governance

The essays in this volume explore the multiple factors that influence the process of engendering governance in complex societies. They focus particularly on the changing roles of various actors such as women’s movements, the state and civil society. These papers analyze current developments that indicate the ways in which women are participating in governance, and discuss the obstacles that remain.

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