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April 23, 2019
Europe’s missing women leaders
By Corinna Horst,
This resource invites parliaments to evaluate their democratic performance against a set of criteria based on the core values set out in IPU’s ground breaking.
While parliaments vary in their lev
This report assesses the overall performance of UNDP in gender mainstreaming and promoting gender equality.
Written by iKNOW Politics Contributor Arezoo Najibzadeh and Emerald Bens
This briefing documents the experiences of civil society advocates in pushing for effective gender mainstreaming in the European development activities. This briefing calls attention to areas where policy and practice must be strengthened to meet the goals of gender equality.
The Kit has been produced in the context of the EWL Campaign “No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality” to be launched officially in September 2009. The Kit comprises of two sections.
Mournful tributes are pouring in after the death of Monique Begin, a former cabinet minister and academic who died Friday at the age of 87.
By Sian Norris,
Disappointed by the numerous failures of anticorruption reforms, international organisations, scholars and policy makers increasingly place their hopes on measures aimed at enhancing gender equality and in particular increasing the inclusion of femal
The adoption of the parity law in Senegal is an important step on the way to increased political participation and equal political representation of women. Senegal’s women were rightfully proud of this landmark achievement, but other countries’ experiences with parity laws show that there is lon
In this text the author responds to the following questions: What laws have been adopted in Latin American countries regarding funding for women in politics? To what extent have these been adopted and what sanctions are there for incompliance?
Analyzing the legislation of Brazil, the author reponds to the following questions: What laws have been adopted in Latin American countries regarding funding for women in politics?
Analyzing the Colombian legislation, the author reponds to the following questions: What laws have been adopted in Latin American countries regarding funding for women in politics? To what extent have these been adopted and what sanctions are there for incompliance?
The author reponds to the following questions: What laws have been adopted in Latin American countries regarding funding for women in politics? To what extent have these been adopted and what sanctions are there for incompliance? Analyzing the lesgilation of Costa Rica.
iKNOW Politics Expert Sonia Palmieri speaks about gender sensitive parliaments.
This paper examines the principal steps involved in the process of recruiting individuals to countries’ legislatures. It also looks at the effect of development, culture, and a country’s electoral system on women’s representation.
A single moment can spark a revolution, collective actions can transform laws, creative expression can change attitudes and an invention can alter the course of history.
Co-organized by iKNOW Politics and International Gender Champions, this Facebook Live discussion brought together a diverse panel of Geneva-based Gender Champions who shared their experiences and views on the role of ma
This paper reveals the positive role that Maghribi women have been playing in the overall development of their countries.
According to Palestinian Central Elections Commission data, the first phase of the 2021 local council elections showed the extent of women
This factsheet, produced by Oxfam,
Kenya faces a historic decision to close parliament for failing to enact rules on fair gender representation in public bodies.
This report from Bahrain Center for Human Rights covers the state of family law and its implications for women in Bahrain.
The report includes insight into the following areas:
- Overview of Family Law in Bahrain
Research showing that there is strong correlation between increased female labor force participation and women’s political participation is essentially based on empirical data from Western, democratic, and developed contexts.
Indian actor and director of numerous films and founder of Men Against Rape & Discrimination (MARD), Farhan Akhtar was touched by the struggle to end violence against women when a woman he work
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