The Regional seminar for Latin American parliaments on the theme "Women Shaping Politics: Gender, Parliamentary Representation and Legislative Agenda" was organized by the Parliament of Uruguay, the I

Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Leslie Campbell, hailed Morocco's reforms promoting women's participation in politics and electoral transparency.

To mark International Women's Day tomorrow, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus held a joint forum Wednesday to review the political landscape women shared in 2007.

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Today, women account for almost 40 per cent of the total workforce. However, women remain disadvantaged in the workplace, their employment being preponderantly unpaid or underpaid compared to men's. Women and Work was the general topic of the second Seminar for members of parliamentary committees dealing with the status of women and gender equality, organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in cooperation with the International Labour Organisation.

The 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone, awarded the third annual Madeleine K.

During the fall of 2007, NDI partnered with the Simon Bolivar Andean University (Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, UASB) to organize the groundbreaking Women’s Leadership Institute.

In the semi-autonomous northeastern Somali state of Puntland, where local councils are already on the ground, another political transformation is taking place. The Minister of Local Government and Regional Affairs is implementing a policy of affirmative action for women, by holding district meetings of existing councils and traditional leaders, and inviting them to expand the membership of their councils to include women.

The UNDP/UNFPA/Japan Women in Development Fund Joint Initiative on Women's Leadership in the Arab Region's HIV/AIDS Response was created in response to the increasing vulnerability women face in the region to HIV/AIDS. The initiative targets women NGOs, women religious leaders and faith-based organizations and media professionals in order to create a civic momentum towards committed action limiting women's increasing vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.

On October 24, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) will present its third annual Madeleine K. Albright Grant to the 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone. Founded in 2000 to promote greater participation of women in politics, the 50/50 Group has grown from a handful of women meeting in borrowed space in Freetown to a nationally recognized organization actively engaged in building a new post-war Sierra Leone in which women can share equally with men in the political decisions that affect their lives.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with two independent film producers, Konda Mason and Eva Georgia, launched a new project called Madam President.

The women's quest for increased representation in Parliament has received the financial backing of an international donor. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said it would offer financial support for women running for parliamentary and civic seats in the General Election.

The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) has worked in Kosovo since 1999 to promote sustainable, democratic governing institutions in the wake of armed, inter-ethnic conflict. Now, after a lengthy and contentious status resolution process, a determination on Kosovo’s future status is expected this year or early in 2008.