Political Parties (general)

In many countries, political parties have individual strategies for enhancing the role of women in the political sphere, for example training or applying voluntary quotas for women’s nomination. In some countries, the established parties address women’s issues, and women are well represented within the leadership and membership. In others, national-level women’s political parties exist to focus on gender-specific issues that the mainstream parties have been reluctant to address.

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Consolidated Response on Women’s Caucuses and Their Impact on the Political Culture of Latin American Countries

This consolidated response analyzes the role and historical development of multi-party parliamentary women’s caucuses. The response looks into the goals, challenges and achievements of women's caucuses in parliaments in Latin American countries. It also highlights successful case studies from Latin America.

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Women Participation in Party Politics during the Multiparty Era in Africa: The Case of Tanzania

This report assesses women's membership of political parties in Tanzania, and women's historical and current participation in party politics. It also describes the processes for nomination of presidential and parliamentary candidates in Tanzania, the impact of quotas for women in parliament in Selected African countries, and recommendations for addressing the existing gender imbalances.

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Practitioner’s Guide to Designing Inclusive and Accountable Local Democratic Institutions

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.

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Effective party assistance: Stronger parties for better democracy

This policy paper calls for the party assistance community to develop joint principles for project needs assessment, monitoring of implementation and impact evaluation, that would make activities more effective and efficient.

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Consolidating Democracy in Nepal

This report examines the obstacles hampering the democratic process and focuses on possible solutions being sought by the Nepalese politicians. Specifically it explores the issue of polarization between political parties, politization of the civil service, and areas where the civil society could be strengthened to safeguard the democratic process.

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