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Women’s political participation in electoral processes requires targeted support to overcome gender discrimination. Key strategies for enhancing gender balance in electoral processes include: working with political parties to promote gender sensitive policies and practices to foster women’s leadership; targeted outreach and support for women to register to vote and safely access polling stations; guarantee of protection from election related violence and harassment; the use of quotas and temporary special measures to increase women’s representation; effective technical and financial support to women candidates and political leaders; and engagement of male champions for women’s empowerment and gender equality.

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21.06.2023
Zimbabwe: number of female politicians set to drop
The number of female candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections is set to drop significantly this year due to several challenges including the exorbitant nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe...
Source: ZimLive
19.06.2023
Zimbabwe: violence cited as major repellent factor to women participation in pol...
Violence against women has been cited as one of the main repellent factors to women participation in mainstream politics.Addressing journalists at the launch of the monthly thematic spotlight on...
New Telegraph NG
22.05.2023
Coalition seeks more women inclusion in Nigerian politics
Following the decline in the number of women elected into elective offices in the 2023 general election, women groups in the country have called for more inclusion in the political process of the...
Source: The New Dawn
22.05.2023
Liberia: NEC, parties sign MoU to increase women’s political participation
The National Elections Commission (NEC) and registered political parties and alliances have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase women’s participation in the upcoming electoral...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a summit organized by AK Party's women's branches, in Istanbul, Turkiye on December 19, 2022 [Mustafa Kamacı - Anadolu Agency]
19.05.2023
Women's representation in Turkiye Parliament at highest level in history
Women's representation in the Turkish Parliament will be the highest level in history after Sunday's parliamentary elections, Anadolu News Agency reports.According to the unofficial results...
Bhutanese citizens increasingly believe that women are capable of taking on leadership responsibilities. Photo: Yangchen C Rinzin
17.05.2023
The path to women’s political participation in Bhutan
In Bhutan’s 2023 National Council elections, only one woman was elected to the NC from a female population of around 360,000. Despite progress in recent years, women still face challenges to...
Workers from the Depok General Elections Commission (KPU) stack ballot boxes at a warehouse in Cimanggis district, Depok, West Java, on Nov. 25, 2020.(JP/P.J.Leo)
17.05.2023
Indonesia’s election commission yields to demands to restore women’s representat...
The commission will give political parties until May 14 to revise their lists of candidates for the 2024 legislative election to accommodate the rule change.JAKARTA – In response to protests...
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a poll say they would support a woman in their family entering politics, but only 17.4 percent of the deputies elected to the Turkish parliament in 2018 were women [File: Dilara Senkaya/Reuters]
12.05.2023
Women face political barriers ahead of Turkey elections
Polling shows that most Turks want more women involved in politics, but their underrepresentation continues.Istanbul, Turkey – A nondescript apartment in Istanbul’s business district is the...
Soledad Nunez, Paraguay's opposition vice presidential candidate and running mate of the presidential candidate Efrain Alegre, talks to Reuters ahead of the national elections, in Asuncion, Paraguay April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Cesar Olmedo
27.04.2023
Paraguay's women battle to break political glass ceiling
ASUNCION (Reuters) - In Paraguay's election on Sunday, Soledad Nunez, a 40-year-old engineer and former minister, is looking to break into the South American country's male-dominated political arena...

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Meet the Nigerian women political leaders elected in the 2023 general polls
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Zimbabwe: violence cited as major repellent factor to women participation in politics
Source: ZimLive
UN Women, UNDP
Liberia: Women optimistic of 2023 elections
Liberia: Women optimistic of 2023 elections (Picture: New Dawn)
UN Women, UNDP
Liberia: Women optimistic of 2023 elections
Liberia: Women optimistic of 2023 elections (Picture: New Dawn)

Related Websites

International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Gender Equality
European Commission-UNDP Electoral Assistance
NDI's “Votes Without Violence” initiative