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Enhancing Women’s Political Participation: A Policy Note for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
This Policy Note presents a set of pragmatic recommendations that will enable policy makers to enhance women’s political participation in the region. These measures are the product of six national roundtable discussions organized in 2008 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Turkey and Ukraine as well as a regional conference in Turkey in December 2008. This Policy Note also presents the current status of, and opportunities for women’s participation in leadership and decision-making processes in the region. Based on the evidence and regional data collected and analysed, this Policy Note is for parliamentarians, government officials, legislators, political party members, civil society organizations working on enhancing women’s political participation and media with the recommended policy and action options in the following three areas:
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Zambia: Degree clause will disadvantage more women, says Inonge Wina
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2010-02-05 09:40
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Commenting on the National Constitutional Conference's recommendation that a presidential candidate must be a holder of a first degree, Wina, who is former Nalolo member of parliament, explained that the recommendation was not feasible.
“The levels of literacy are very low and the levels of understanding and acceptance... The whole idea of confining the presidency to those who hold degrees is not possible,” said Wina. “I fear that more women will be disadvantaged because there are very few of them in universities particularly the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the other universities in the country.
“So at what point shall we have a woman president for this country if we had to base everything on university qualification? So that's why I consider this clause as discriminatory. It will definitely result in failure because it's discriminatory.”
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Nigeria: Why Women Are Harmstrung in Politics
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2010-01-22 08:42
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The former Deputy Governor of Lagos State Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele has said the reason why women in Africa do not get equal chance as men in politics is that political parties are dominated by men. She said women have in the last 50 years failed to achieve equality with men because the African society still believes that a woman still lacks the financial capability to run political campaign and political parties are dominated by men. She said men are reluctant to back women for elective positions and that women have been brainwashed into supporting men rather than their own gender.
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India: Rahul Exhorts Women to Join Politics
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2009-12-09 21:51
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Rahul Gandhi told the women to step out and get involved in politics as it was not only important for them but for the country as a whole. "The country needs a society which is not male-dominated.
Rahul said that the Congress was providing a clear way to enter politics through National Students Union of India (NSUI) and the Youth Congress. "Membership of both the organisations are is open and elections are being held. Maximum women should come forward and participate in the process. There is ample space for them in the system,"
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Politically affiliated young women
Discuss the constraints, strunggles,strengths and limits of young women activities in their political parties and their country
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mardiko
Submitted by mardiko on Wed, 2009-11-11 01:26
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Submitted by evisprogonati on Thu, 2009-07-09 14:21
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Consolidated Response on the Prevention of Family Voting
This consolidated response includes descriptions of family and proxy voting and provides recommendations on how to eliminate family voting through holding trainings and public awareness campaigns, strengthening legislative frameworks, and sensitizing election commissioners and observers on issues faced by women.
WBI Executive Development Program: Fighting Corruption through Collective Action
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2009-05-28 15:02
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Washington D.C.
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World Bank HQ, Washington, D.C.
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The World Bank Institute (WBI) is hosting a conference on anti-corruption issues and solutions. Professionals responsible for developing anti-corruption policies or managing critical government acquisitions or projects will learn about potential solutions and strategies that can help them counter corruption in their work. The program will include presentations from the World Bank Institute and an alliance of companies, NGOs and other organizations focused on fighting corruption.
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