Women in Office

Increases in the number of women in elected office around the world provide an opportunity to look at the effects and obstacles of women in office, as well as to compare the differences between how women and men parliamentarians legislate. Do women legislate or create policies differently than men? Do women have a responsibility to attend specifically to the needs of women or women's issues? This is a place to discuss the role and the impact of women in parliament.

A View Of Women's Political Leadership From iKNOW Experts

It is a widely held view that women in prominent government roles will represent the needs and concerns of women.
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Hillary Clinton and the US primaries

Hillary Clinton's recent win in New Hampshire prompted a storm of speculation from the media and commentators about the impact of identity politics on the primaries.
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2008 New Year and time to act!

Happy 2008 to everyone; I think that, as more women become involved in politics in the coming year, we need to plan and work toward a goal.
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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

Who among those of us participating in the discussion on violence against women in politics could have imagined that the week following our exchanges would be, alas, a week of martyrdom for all women
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Say NO to Violence against Women on 26 November

Colleagues! We have to say "No" to violence against women on 26/11/2007!
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Legislated gender quotas or voluntary party quotas?

As a researcher of electoral gender quotas, I am often asked, which type of gender quotas will increase women’s political representation the best: Legal gender quotas or voluntary party quotas?
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Women Presentation and Representation

It is obvious that all raised points regarding women representation (not presentation) in political life is important and vital to women and the community as a whole, also women empowerment through ac
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We Fight For An Equal Treatment With Men, But What Happens When ....

Women fight for everything we believe: for our families, our kids, our believes, and our political differences. We do it with passion, with love and with that miracle "SIX SENSE" we have.
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Women Leadership In Elections

Let's get together to support women to be elected. We are in the year 2007 and still not many women are elected in the world. So we have to do something! We really do.
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How To Get Fair Participation In The Elections

The upcoming elections to the Constitutional Assembly in Ecuador provoked the desire for real participation of the citizens.
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Women's Participation in Parliamentary Leadership

I would like for the international community to empower and strenghten the skills of Liberian women leaders in order to have equal participation in decision- making.
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Women and Legislature

We want to congratulate women in politics for their courage and we want to assure them that we will support them all the way.
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Pakistani Women in Politics

Being a citizen of Pakistan , I would like to express my concern about Pakistani politics and related issues. I feel that this forum is a transparent forum to discuss the agenda.
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Skills-Building

I believe one major critical tool of empowerment is training women in media relations as integral part of their development programme.
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The Recent Increase in Women Heads of State

Does the recent election of female heads of state in Chile, Liberia and elsewhere represent a large-scale shift in the political landscape? Or is this a short-lived phenomenon? How can the international community consolidate and advance this trend?
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Women in Elected Office

What is the impact of women’s leadership in high-level, official positions on both the process and outcomes of policymaking?
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