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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
India: Major political parties still shy of fielding women
India may boast a woman President, Prime Minister and Speaker, but when it comes to selecting candidates, key political parties still have a long way to go. In the past 10 years, only 7 per cent or 4,148 candidates out of the 62,847 candidates were...
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Monday, July 29, 2013
Major political parties still shy of fielding women, India
India may boast a woman President, Prime Minister and Speaker, but when it comes to selecting candidates, key political parties still have a long way to go. In the past 10 years, only 7 per cent or 4,148 candidates out of the 62,847 candidates were...
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
The dilemma for female candidates in Indonesia
The 30 percent quota requirement for women was legally reaffirmed by the Constitutional Court earlier this year. This is certainly good news for women hoping to run for seats in the upcoming legislative election, as the ruling has reinforced the...
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Friday, July 19, 2013
Guide / Training Material
Strategic Planning for Political Parties: A Practical Tool
Political parties are often forced to focus on short-term crises to the disadvantage of the medium- and long-term development of their strategies. This tool helps political parties address this issue by focusing on the importance of strategic...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Liberia: Women NGO's Secretariat of Liberians Want More Women in Key Leadership Positions
Political parties in Liberia have been asked to ensure that at least 40 per cent of all elected positions at the district, regional and national levels are occupied by women. The electorates have also been advised to vote for women to occupy...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
90,000 women candidates in Bengal rural polls
 In a country where they have been playing second fiddle to men for centuries, women candidates outnumber men in the ongoing polls to the West Bengal village councils, the third tier of India's electoral democracy. An estimated 90,000 rural women...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Conservatives Have A 'Women' Problem, That Can Only Be Fixed With Gender Politics, USA
It’s difficult to find a politician, politico or pundit who denies Republicans have a “women” problem. At best, it seems Republicans fail to engage with women voters effectively, and at worst conservatives seem determined to alienate large swaths of...
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Monday, July 08, 2013
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Are parliaments favourable conduits for gender equality? IPU Opinion Piece
By posing this question to parliamentarians from all over the world, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) caused something of a stir. An IPU study[1] found that women are overwhelmingly the main drivers of change in terms of gender equality in...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Guide / Training Material
Political Party Dialogue: A Facilitator's Guide
Political parties and organizations need to have the capacity to both compete and cooperate. Dialogue among political parties usually takes place within democratic institutions such as national parliaments. Yet parliamentary dialogue alone cannot...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
How Women Are Increasingly Winning Parliamentary Elections In India & World Over
Before India’s southern state of Karnataka went to the polls in May for legislative elections, IndiaSpend had reported on the low representation of women in the state legislature.  When we analysed the data on women MLAs across India, we found...
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Women starting in politics get tough warnings, USA
The guest instructor in a Philadelphia University classroom got right to the point: You can do what you're thinking of doing, and you can make a difference. Just be prepared for the brutality. "It is a dirty business, there is no doubt,"...
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Monday, June 24, 2013
Political parties need women leaders, Pakistan
IN the midst of the excitement of the formation of Pakistan’s new government, and all the self-congratulations about the transition from one democratic government to another, a different story captured some headlines recently. This was the news...
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Gender equality, Pakistan
Newly elected Pakistani National Assembly is effectively in place. The Prime Minister has taken oath of his office; the most interesting feature of this new assembly is the group of women on reserved seats. The idea was introduced by former dictator...
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Malawi Electoral Commission advocates for 50-50 campaign
Ahead of a tripartite elections next year the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has shown the world that it is moving with time by setting a deliberate policy to allow women in the country pay 25 per cent less the  nomination fees of parliamentary...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Looking to Cameroon’s women senators
Marlyse Aboui, a 40-year-old nurse, has still not gotten over the astonishment she felt when she heard that Cameroon’s President Paul Biya had nominated her to the senate. “I feel like I am in a dream that I will wake up from at any minute. When...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Politics – no easy walk for women, Zimbabwe
Women’s participation in politics remains low due to several bottlenecks hindering efforts to ensure that men and women share 50% representation in the political arena by 2015 in line with the Sadc Protocol on Gender and Development. Women in...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
IN AFGHANISTAN, WORKING ACROSS PARTY, GENDER LINES TO BOOST WOMEN IN POLITICS
While there is a perception in Afghanistan that women are making some political strides, they still face formidable obstacles.  For example, a majority of Afghan men in a recent survey said that while they supported women taking on more roles and...
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Data and Statistics
Political Finance Regulations Around the World: An Overview of the International IDEA Database
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) database on political finance regulation was originally created in 2003 and has since become the leading source of information on political finance regula tion...
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