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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Indigenous, Black Women Face ‘Triple Glass Ceiling’
Indigenous and black women in Latin America and the Caribbean face three-fold discrimination because of their gender, race and social class, in politics and at work.That is how it was put by participants in a panel on "Citizenship and...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bolivia: Women Councillors Fight Harassment
Women town councillors in Bolivia are pressing for a law to protect them from discrimination and political harassment on the part of their male colleagues, whom they accuse of intimidation and even death threats, especially in rural areas....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Honduras: LatAm Women Leaders Join Fight Against AIDS
More than a hundred Latin American leading women will meet October 26 in Honduras, to boost political resources and commitments headed to the fight against Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). To read the full article, please visit...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Latin America: Rural Women Forge Their Own Path in Microenterprise
Ten women’s organisations from Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela participated in the first ever Women in the Fight Against Poverty Regional Competition, sponsored by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Argentina: Women Leaders Gather to Discuss Globalization, Poverty Eradication in Argentina
The International Women Forum (IWF) staged a seminar bringing together about 500 influential women leaders from around the world to discuss such issues as globalization and poverty eradication. To read the full article, please visit the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Carribean: Women Want in on Decision Making
Over the next three days women from across the Caribbean will be meeting in Belize to exchange ideas and discuss what can be done to have women not only become more active in politics but to train and prepare women for elections. According to the...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
OAS committed to helping women remove barriers to political power says Ambassador
THE Organisation of American States’ (OAS) sponsoring of the multi-national project - “Promoting the participation of women in politics for good governance and democracy” - is further demonstrating its commitment to helping systematically...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Americas: Women Make Their Mark on South American Politics
On Oct. 3 Brazil could become the third country in the subregion to elect a woman president within the space of just a few years. Dilma Rousseff, the candidate of the governing Workers' Party (PT), is ahead of her closest rival, social...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Americas: Women still face gender gap in Latin American, Caribbean politics
With President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s win in Sunday’s Argentine’s election all but assured and a woman leading the largest country in Latin America, it might appear that the political glass ceiling in the hemisphere has finally been...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
International IDEA: Women in politics – is there progress in Latin America?
8 March 2012 - Women in Latin America continue to make political gains but they are still far from reaching parity with men in terms of political representation, according to International IDEA. At the moment there are three women heads of...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
UNDP: Boosting indigenous peoples' political participation crucial for development, says UNDP
New York – Around 100 officials from Mexico and other Latin American countries, indigenous peoples’ representatives and non-governmental organizations gathered today in New York during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples (7-18 May) to...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Misrepresentation of Women Subject of Film to be Shown at College of DuPage
If the media is sending females the message that their value only lies in their body, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract them from making a difference and becoming leaders. Herein lies the message of the groundbreaking film...
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
IDEA: Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy
  Driven by the regional entities around the world, the ASEAN Secretariat and International IDEAwill host the Second Meeting of the Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy on 1 May 2012 in Jakarta. The Inter-Regional Dialogue on Democracy is a...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
International Agreement and Action Plans
Women and political participation: Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
The General Assembly, Reaffirming  the  obligations  of  all  States  to  promote  and  protect  human  rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, and guided by the purposes and principles of human rights...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Report / White Paper
Gender and Political Parties
The election of four female presidents in Latin America in recent years has drawn attention to women’s political participation and their access to political decision-making. Despite these encouraging results, statistics reveal that...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Women in Public Service Project's Summer Institute 2012 at Wellesley College
The Women in Public Service Project Mission The Women in Public Service Project is an initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the Seven Sisters women’s colleges – Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley – to advance women to...
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Friday, October 07, 2011
Guide / Training Material
Unseeing Eyes: Media Coverage and Gender in Latin American Elections
In a society where mass media is the main venue for political information and electoral competition, limited visibility during a campaign can be challenging to a candidate and limit the possibilities of being elected. This study covers five...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Report / White Paper
Gender mainstreaming in Latin American Parliaments: A work in progress
Gender equality in political participation is essential when evaluating the level of development in democracy. For decades women have been systematically kept on the sidelines and often faced the challenge of adapting to rules or parliamentary life...
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