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.
![Slovenia may have its first female president following this month's elections to fill the post. [EPA/ANTONIO BAT]](https://www.iknowpolitics.org/sites/default/files/styles/focus_area_news_image/public/field/image/w_51477960-1-800x450.jpg?itok=HHXskIVy "Slovenia may have its first female president following this month's elections to fill the post. [EPA/ANTONIO BAT]")
![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]](https://www.iknowpolitics.org/sites/default/files/styles/focus_area_news_image/public/field/image/2._lebanon.jpg?itok=yLiTWV4u "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]")
