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Criminalizing violence against women in politics: Innovation, diffusion, and transformation (Cambridge)
Friday, November 04, 2022
Academic Paper / Article
Criminalizing violence against women in politics: Innovation, diffusion, and transformation
Cambridge
Violence against women politicians is increasingly recognized as an issue that undermines women’s presence in politics. Latin America has been at the vanguard of this global discussion. In 2012, Bolivia became the only country in the world to...
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COLOMBIA’S VICE PRESIDENT FRANCIA MARQUEZ | GETTY
Thursday, October 06, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
My (Vice) President is black: These black women are shaking up politics in Latin America
Essence
Afro latinos face immense challenges to be represented in politics. These Black women in Latin America have been breaking the mold. In Latin America, White Latinos continue to dominate politics, despite the number of Afro Latinos throughout the...
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EU-LAC y PNUD (logos)
Wednesday, September 07, 2022
First dialogue on climate action and women
The Foundation EU-LAC and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are pleased to announce the first Dialogue on Climate Action and Women, focusing on “Leadership and inclusion of women in decision-making on implementation of climate action”....
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Mrs. Roselyn Dorsett-Horton (BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham)
Thursday, December 02, 2021
Gender and family affairs hosts Women United in politics forum
Magnetic Media
Present and former female Parliamentarians (House of Assembly and the Senate) from across the political spectrum, leaders of female Non-Governmental Organizations and advocacy groups – including representatives from the community of persons with...
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Sergio Lima / AFP / Getty Images
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics
Latin America’s first gender quota was supposed to increase women’s presence in politics. Thirty years later, that vision has stagnated. Three decades have passed since the first parliamentary gender quota was approved in Latin America, and women in...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Two Women nominated to chair IMF Development Committee, including Caribbean’s Mia Mottley
Magnetic Media TV
Two women representing the Caribbean and Latin America are nominated to chair the joint World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Development Committee (DC), further supporting the notion that the global financial crisis triggered by the...
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Friday, May 15, 2020
Respond, restructure, recover: Women and the COVID-19 response in the Caribbean
CIWiL is interested in collecting feedback from you on topics for discussion for a webinar series on COVID-19 and its impact on Caribbean Women. Rsvp here.
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Friday, December 06, 2019
After weeks of Latin American protests, expect to see more women elected to office
The Washington Post
For several weeks, angry Latin Americans have been protesting in the streets. In Bolivia, citizens are protesting allegedly fraudulent election results. In Chile and Ecuador, they’ve been marching and destroying property over economic inequality....
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Wednesday, November 06, 2019
Academic Paper / Article
Women to the rescue: The gendered effects of public discontent on legislative nominations in Latin America
Sage Journals
Political parties act as gatekeepers, meaning that improvements in the representation of women depend on parties’ willingness to nominate women candidates. Previous research suggests that party characteristics and gender quotas largely explain women...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2019
After weeks of Latin American protests, expect to see more women elected to office
Washington Post
For several weeks, angry Latin Americans have been protesting in the streets. In Bolivia, citizens are protesting allegedly fraudulent election results. In Chile and Ecuador, they’ve been marching and destroying property over economic inequality....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Report / White Paper
The role of political parties in promoting women in politics - UPLA
Red de Mujeres UPLA
The Women's Network of the Union of Latin American Parties (UPLA) is a political platform that seeks to promote and strengthen the participation and positioning of women in public decision-making roles in Latin America and the Caribbean. UPLA...
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Monday, August 19, 2019
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women, power, & changing face of political representation in Latin America & the Caribbean
IPS News
By Luis Felipe López-Calva, Gender inequality is about power asymmetries. In the late 1970s, Robert Putnam reflected on the status of women in policy decisions in his comparative study on political elites. Quoting Elizabeth Vallance, he concluded...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
Report / White Paper
Where are the women? A Study of Women, Politics, Parliaments and Equality in the CARICOM Countries
UNDP
The research had three main objectives: first, to obtain a more detailed picture of the situation regarding women’s political participation in the CARICOM countries; second, to identify contextual factors and analyse how they affect the presence of...
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Friday, April 12, 2019
WPL Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting at Concordia Americas Summit 2019
Women Political Leaders (WPL)  will be hosting the WPL Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting in Bogotá, Colombia on May 14th 2019. Invitees are female politicians from Latin America and the Caribbean, and the participation is by personal...
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Thursday, March 07, 2019
CSW 63: Women’s leadership in the national agendas of the Americas and Caribbean
“Women’s Leadership in the National Agendas of the Americas and Caribbean” is a side-event which is being hosted by the Government of Canada, in partnership with the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (CIM) and...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Across Latin America, women fight back against violence in politics
UN Women
Currently, Latin America is leading globally in local and parliamentary positions held by women. But the journey to political participation is fraught with rising violence and intimidation against women in politics. In the age of #MeToo, we bring...
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Monday, November 19, 2018
Academic Paper / Article
The law and violence against women in politics
Cambridge
Latin America has been at the vanguard in implementing diverse strategies to combat violence against women in politics (VAWIP). In 2012, Bolivia became the first country to criminalize “political violence and harassment against women” with Law 243....
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Data and Statistics
Infographic: Women in politics in Latin America
Americas Society / Council of the Americas
Four years ago, Latin America was home to a third of the world’s female presidents. Today, it has none. But that doesn’t mean the region hasn’t made progress in advancing women’s role in the political sphere. In fact, as of the inauguration of...
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