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ICTs and Women’s Political Participation

ICTs can be potentially used to foster wider political participation. Look here for inspiration and examples of how women around the world used ICTs to change their societies.

 

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Online targeting of women politicians and journalists a ‘real concern’ – BAI

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Online targeting of women politicians and journalists a ‘real concern’ – BAI

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Oireachtas committee hears of abuse encountered by public figures online

The online targeting of women politicians and women journalists is a matter of “real concern”, the deputy chief executive of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has told an Oireachtas committee.

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Oireachtas committee hears of abuse encountered by public figures online

The online targeting of women politicians and women journalists is a matter of “real concern”, the deputy chief executive of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has told an Oireachtas committee.

Engendering hate: The contours of state-aligned gendered disinformation online

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November 1, 2020

Engendering hate: The contours of state-aligned gendered disinformation online

Our report, with U.S.-based National Democratic Institute (NDI), outlines a new framework for understanding how disinformation is being used online to exclude women from public life, in the first major study into this threat to democracy.

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Our report, with U.S.-based National Democratic Institute (NDI), outlines a new framework for understanding how disinformation is being used online to exclude women from public life, in the first major study into this threat to democracy.

Working paper: Maternal mortality and women’s political participation

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July 18, 2018

Working paper: Maternal mortality and women’s political participation

Maternal mortality, defined as the death of women within 42 days of childbirth, remains a looming global health problem well into the 21st century.

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Maternal mortality, defined as the death of women within 42 days of childbirth, remains a looming global health problem well into the 21st century.

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Gambia: Beakanyang trains on women's political participation

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Rights advocacy organisation Beakanyang Kafo has trained and sensitised over one hundred women in the Upper and Central River Regions on the importance of political participation.

The activities were held in the two regions’ administrative capitals Basse and Janjangbureh in partnership with International Republican Institute with funding from the United States Embassy in Banjul.

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Rights advocacy organisation Beakanyang Kafo has trained and sensitised over one hundred women in the Upper and Central River Regions on the importance of political participation.

The activities were held in the two regions’ administrative capitals Basse and Janjangbureh in partnership with International Republican Institute with funding from the United States Embassy in Banjul.

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USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads

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USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads

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 Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018. From breastfeeding on camera to sharing intimate stories of sexual abuse, women running for office are turning campaign norms — and long-held gender stereotypes — on their head with a flurry of new ads that highlight once taboo topics.

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 Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018. From breastfeeding on camera to sharing intimate stories of sexual abuse, women running for office are turning campaign norms — and long-held gender stereotypes — on their head with a flurry of new ads that highlight once taboo topics.

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