This article highlights opportunities and challenges for a greater participation of Ghanaian women in this year’s historic election. It describes how the government, political parties, civil society and the media in Ghana are challenged to do more to advance the interests and representation of Ghanaian women in the electioneering process.

This survey collates insights from both men and women parliamentarians into the factors that shape decision making. It provides concrete examples of how parliamentarians are working to attain gender equality in politics at the national level, and how parliaments can become more gender-sensitized.

http://www.ipu.org/PDF/publications/equality08-e.pdf

This brochure provides an overview and analysis of progress made, and setbacks encountered, by women in accessing parliament during elections and renewals held in 2007. It presents data on women's representation in national parliaments, regional and world trends, information on women presiding officers and women candidates. It also analyses mechanisms aimed at supporting women's access to parliament.

This poster provides a snapshot of the presence of women in the executive and legislative branches of government in January 2008. Co-published with the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, the poster provides information on the percentage of women in ministerial posts, women in parliaments, women in the highest decision-making bodies (women Presidents or heads of Government, women Presiding Officers of parliamentary bodies), as well as information on the ministerial portfolios held by women throughout the world.

As part of its efforts to strengthen the capacity of parliaments to promote gender equality and respect for women's rights, the IPU organised a first seminar of parliamentary bodies dealing with gender issues. This publication contains the experts' contributions, extracts of the debates and the summary and recommendations of the Rapporteur of the seminar.

http://www.ipu.org/PDF/publications/wmn_seminar06_en.pdf

This report contains sections on the socio-political participation of women and provides statistical information on the evolution of applying gender equality policies.

This paper describes UNIFEM’s work in empowering women in Afghanistan since early 2002. UNIFEM's activities aimed at supporting women’s leadership and participation in decision-making, strengthening the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in Afghanistan, and establishing women's Development Centers.

By presenting methods for generating pro-poor gender sensitive indicators, this framework assists policy-makers to monitor and evaluate democratic governance at the country level.

This guide includes several governance indicators illustrated with specific examples from the governance arena. It also include a source guide, which takes the reader through some specifics about the currently available data sources, including a snapshot of their methodology, some example data, their contact information and the important assumptions underlying the particular source.

This paper describes experiences of the CIS countries with integrating gender equality in national policies and budgets. It includes recommendations on improving gender analysis throughout national plans, strengthening links between policy and budgets, improving statistical development, and increasing national civil service capacities.

This report identifies differences in attitudes between men and women toward discrimination against women and gender related human rights violations. It also focuses on the attitudes of female and male citizens toward the work of the official institutions responsible for the implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and Gender Equality Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This report describes women's portrayal in media and their limited participation in the creation of media policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also includes results of the media monitoring and assessment held in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Uzbekistan.
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This report analyses the budgets of four public institutions working on social protection in Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It assesses public resources allocated to provide services to domestic violence victims, with a focus on domestic violence shelters.

This consolidated response discusses factors stimulating the advancement of women in politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the highlighted factors include gender quotas in politics, national women’s movements, and the spillover effect of democratic values throughout the continent.

This report examines the role of women in development processes and stereotypes existing in society against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina.