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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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Academics and politicians aiming to see more mothers elected to public office hold a news conference in Tokyo on Monday. | TOMOKO OTAKE
02.11.2022
Project aims to help mothers run in Japan's local elections next year
A group of researchers and female politicians said Monday that they will start a campaign to help mothers with young children run in next April’s nationwide gubernatorial and municipal assembly...
Slovenia may have its first female president following this month's elections to fill the post. [EPA/ANTONIO BAT]
20.10.2022
Slovenia’s presidential elections could return first female head of state
Polls predict that an independent candidate supported by the Pirates and Greens is likely to win the run-off against right-wing and ruling party-backed hopefuls to become Slovenia’s first female...
Australia’s air force has helped transport ballot papers for Vanuatu’s election. Photograph: Ginny Stein/The Guardian
18.10.2022
Vanuatu goes to polls by air, sea and road in snap election after lightning camp...
First-time candidates vie with incumbents for 52 seats after government dissolved ‘Red Roof’ parliament to ward off no-confidence vote.After a short and sharp 10-day campaign, voters in Vanuatu...
A view of the ballot box for the presidential election which is placed on a table at the parliament in Lebanon, Beirut, on September 28, 2022. [Houssam Shbaro - Anadolu Agency]
18.10.2022
Female candidates for the Lebanese presidential elections: indications and their...
Lebanese women are still excluded from the main decision-making positions in Lebanon, such as the presidency of the Republic, premiership and parliament speaker, despite their prominent presence in...
Presidental candidate Saltanat Tursynbekova. Photo credit: tengrinews.kz
18.10.2022
Two female candidates nominated in Kazakhstan’s presidential elections for first...
ASTANA – Human rights activist Saltanat Tursynbekova was nominated to run for the presidency by Qazaq analary – dasturge zhol (Kazakh mothers are a path to traditions) public association on Oct. 11,...
Nepal: Major political parties fall short to ensure gender parity in politics (Nepal Live Today)
13.10.2022
Nepal: Major political parties fall short to ensure gender parity in politics
Almost all political parties have an extremely lower ratio of women to men candidates fielded under the first-past-the-post category in the upcoming elections.Kathmandu: The preliminary data released...
US: Where women of color stand post-primaries (Politico)
07.10.2022
US: Where women of color stand post-primaries
Of the 259 women nominated in House primaries this year, 43 percent are women of color — the highest percentage for the demographic in recent cycles.While that’s an indicator of progress, says Kelly...
2023 election in Nigeria: Only 8.9% of candidates are women — Report (Picture: Vanguard)
04.10.2022
2023 election in Nigeria: Only 8.9% of candidates are women — Report
FOLLOWING the release of the final list of presidential and national assembly candidates for the 2023 general election, the Women In Politics Forum (WIPF), on Monday, lamented the low number of...
SNSD announced the Victory of Zeljka Cvijanovic for the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Picture: Sarajevo Times)
03.10.2022
SNSD announced the Victory of Zeljka Cvijanovic for the Presidency of Bosnia and...
SNSD member Željka Cvijanović declared victory in the race for BiH Presidency member from Republika Srpska in today’s general elections in our country.Cvijanović, as SNSD spokesperson Ratko Kovačević...

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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