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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

Submitted by vawotwi on Tue, 2007-06-26 21:00

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

Gender Blind?

Submitted by nurul.candrasar... on Mon, 2009-11-16 09:36

While surveys reveal that women compose more than 50 percent of membership in co-ops, hardly 15 percent of them are in the board of Directors.

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V♀TE WOMEN IN POLITICS - Together We Can Make a Difference!

Submitted by TUGBA on Wed, 2009-05-13 08:52

V♀TE WOMEN IN POLITICS

V♀TE is an organization dedicated to help women to run for office and to be elected around the world.

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V♀TE - Women In Politics

Submitted by TUGBA on Tue, 2009-05-12 06:03

Dear Iknowpolitics Members,

We are getting ready for our training and program in Albania. The booklet " Running for Office" is done in English and now translating in Albanian.

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V♀TE - Happy International Women's Day!

Submitted by TUGBA on Sat, 2009-03-07 12:58

Dear Iknowpolitics Members,V♀te Supporters and Future World Leaders,

We are in 2009 and still there are few women leaders in the world,we need to do something and work together !

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UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN 2009

Submitted by TUGBA on Sun, 2009-02-15 05:41

Dear I Know Politics Members,

How are you? Hope all is well with you. Thanks for involving to VOTE. Your help and support is very much appreciated.

Hillary Clinton announcing foreign policy inclusive of international women's development

Submitted by Alyson on Wed, 2009-01-14 07:57

I was deeply heartened yesterday to find that Hillary Clinton (at her senate hearing to be confirmed as Secretary of State) mentioned the importance of investing in international women's development.

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WOMEN IN POLITICS

Submitted by TUGBA on Sun, 2008-10-05 12:19

Dear IKNOWPOLITICS Members,

Hillary Clinton and the US primaries

Submitted by CaitlinHopping on Tue, 2008-01-15 12:32

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!

Submitted by TUGBA on Sat, 2008-01-12 12:36

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

Submitted by mamekass on Thu, 2007-12-27 22:00

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

Submitted by Eliana Frantz d... on Sat, 2007-11-24 04:50

Colleagues! We have to say "No" to violence against women on 26/11/2007!

Legislated gender quotas or voluntary party quotas?

Submitted by ddahlerup on Mon, 2007-08-06 12:45

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

Submitted by Safia on Thu, 2007-07-05 05:44

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 ....

Submitted by Sandra Navarro on Wed, 2007-05-16 21:21

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

Submitted by TUGBA on Wed, 2007-05-16 01:24

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

Submitted by Sandra Navarro on Mon, 2007-05-14 12:58

The upcoming elections to the Constitutional Assembly in Ecuador provoked the desire for real participation of the citizens.

Women's Participation in Parliamentary Leadership

Submitted by honcgbarclay on Mon, 2007-05-14 08:08

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.

Women and Legislature

Submitted by Elizabeth Penno... on Mon, 2007-05-14 08:04

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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