This guide is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the current range of local representative arrangements and electoral systems in Asia and the Pacific. This easy-to-use guide will assist country offices/teams and government partners as programmes are shaped to make local decision-making processes more inclusive and accountable to all citizens.

This consolidated response summarizes the experiences and perceptions of violence against women in politics shared by iKNOW Politics members responding to the 10-14 December 2007 E-Discussion. Seventeen responses were received from members of iKNOW Politics' global network, from Kenya to Ecuador, from Sweden to Iraq, from Southeast Asia to South Eastern Europe. Members identified forms of violence against women in politics and shared measures that have proven effective in countering the violence.