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The Kosovo Women Cross Party Caucus publish it first bulletin. You can find there information about their activities and the great achievemnts of their joint work ! Get inspired.
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Kosovo Women Cross Party Caucus publish the first bulletin
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Women's caucuses and alliances for sustainable development
A discussion circle on how women's caucuses and alliances can shape national policy agendas
This discussion is aimed to shed light on the following questions:
Poland: first women elected as a speaker of the Parliament
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2011-11-09 13:09
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Ewa Kopacz had become Poland’s first woman who has been elected as Speaker of the Sejm (Polish Parliament- lower house)
A candidate for the Civic Platform party led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Kopacz, a pediatrician, won 300 votes out of the 453.
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To read the complete article in Russian please visit The voice of Russia website.
Afghanistan: Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's First Female President?
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-10-28 09:42
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At a committee meeting inside the heavily fortified parliamentary compound, Koofi’s political skills were on display.
The justice minister arrived for questioning about the condition of women’s prisons, taking his place at the far end of a long conference table. As chairwoman, Koofi dominated the hearing, almost lecturing the minister. She controlled the questioning by handing other committee members written questions she wanted them to ask.
After half-an-hour the minister began banging the table with his hand, defending his attempts to overhaul prisons despite the country’s security challenges.
It is a bit of political theatre, one provoked by Koofi’s interrogation.
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Read the whole story at PRI's The World, published October 21
UN Women: 2012 UN Public Service Awards – Call for Nominations
Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2011-10-17 21:03
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Nominations are now being accepted for the UN Public Service Award, a prestigious recognition of national excellence in public service. Category five of the award is specifically for the recognition of gender responsive delivery of public services. These can include innovations in delivering any type of public service to women or equalizing gender differences in access to services. Examples include services such as livelihood, education, health or social protection.
Nominations may be submitted until 31 December 2011 through the Award website at www.unpan.org/unpsa.
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Please encourage your national partners to consider applying for this category so that we can highlight their achievements. For more information or questions, please contact ana.lukatela[at]unwomen.org
Parliamentary Oversight of Gender Equality
This handbook is designed to assist parliamentarians in carrying out their oversight role on gender by developing a better understanding of the concept, providing a summary of the budget cycle process, discussing gender budgeting, and examining the gender dimensions of parliamentary committees, as well as suggestions for changing attitudes as a strategy for achieving gender equality.
The Role of Parliamentary Committees in Mainstreaming Gender and Promoting the Status of Women
As part of its efforts to strengthen the capacity of parliaments to promote gender equality, the IPU convened a seminar for members of parliamentary bodies that deal with gender matters. The seminar, on The Role of Parliamentary Committees in Mainstreaming Gender and Promoting the Status of Women, was held in Geneva from 4 to 6 December 2006, and brought together over 100 parliamentarians and parliamentary staff from 36 countries.
This report serves not only as a record of the event, but also as a practical tool for parliaments and their members to pursue efforts to mainstream gender equality in their work. Whether it is through specialized parliamentary bodies on gender equality, or through conventional committee structures, parliamentarians are well placed to ensure that legislative outputs address the needs of all sectors of society. We hope that you draw inspiration from this report for your future work.
The Constituent Assembly of Nepal: An Agenda for Women
Nepal is making a new constitution, which will be a culmination of the People's Movement, and thus must be based on the aspirations of the people of Nepal. However gender-friendly Constitution may seem, it will not automatically lead to an increase in gender equality, but the process of constitution making creates an opportunity for women to make some significant progress towards the realisation of their rights. Women should not miss this chance.
There is significant number of women members of the Constituent Assembly. Some of these members are women with great knowledge and experience and understanding of the possibilities that the Constituent Assembly opens up for women. Some of the others may have a less clear idea of what a constitution is and how they can, through this process; contribute to the improvement of the position of women. The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues that women members of the Constituent Assembly, and those who in the broader society will be supporting them and hoping to work through them, will need to address in order to achieve a good constitution for the women of Nepal. It is not a paper of answers - it is more an agenda.
Gender-Sensitizing Commonwealth Parliaments
In February and March 2001 the CPA, with the assistance of the CPA Malaysia Branch and the approval of the CPA Executive Committee, arranged a Study Group in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Gender-Sensitizing Commonwealth Parliaments. The aims of the Study Group were set out as:
1. To share analyses, experiences and good practices of Standing Orders in Commonwealth Parliaments;
2. To identify concrete strategies and mechanisms to make Commonwealth Parliaments as gender-sensitive as possible;
3. To prioritize key areas for action, based on the recommendations of the Study Group.
This report Clerk of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago and Rapporteur to the Group, identifies the issues discussed by the Study Group and presents to the reader the Group’s recommendations which will assist Parliaments and their Members to understand better the difficulties faced by women Parliamentarians. In a wider perspective, it is the Association’s hope that the extensive commentary and recommendations for future action will inform many of the current debates in national and sub-national Parliaments, both within and outside the Commonwealth, and have a substantial positive impact on the way in which Parliaments conduct their business.
Women's Parliamentary Caucuses
Discussion Circle for the joint AGORA-iKNOW Politics Virtual Discussion on Women's Parliamentary Caucuses.
