The Americas and the Caribbean

Election Coverage from a Gender Perspective: A Media Monitoring Manual

This manual presents a methodological tool for monitoring media coverage during election campaigns. It focuses on a gender perspective using objective and verifiable information, and is based on experiences of six Latin American institutions.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Case Study

From Words to Action: Best Practices for Women's Political Participation in Latin American Political Parties

Even though women represent more than half of the voting population in many countries and have been widely incorporated into the economic sphere over the last decade, reality tells us that there is still an important gap between these advances and...

Monday, April 25, 2011

Future Women Mayors’ Academy Kicks Off in Mexico

Mexico’s gender quota system has made a significant difference for women seeking election to the Mexican Congress. In the last 15 years, the percentage of seats occupied by women has increased from 10 to 26 percent. But at the municipal level,...

Monday, March 14, 2011

Film screening of La Hija Del General (The General’s Daughter)

The National Democratic Institute Women’s Political Participation Team and The National Capital Chapter of the US National Committee for UN Women Cordially invite you to a film screening of La Hija Del General (The General’s Daughter...

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Democracy and the Challenge of Change: A Guide to Increasing Women's Political Participation

Drawing on its 25 years of experience in the women’s political participation field, NDI has released a new guide for democracy practitioners to help them develop and carry out effective programs to bring more women into government and politics. “In...

Tuesday, July 06, 2010

One Size Does Not Fit All: Lessons Learned from Legislative Gender Commissions and Caucuses

This guide demonstrate that women’s collective efforts in the legislature are crucial not only because of their impact on public policies that effectively respond to citizens’ demands and interests, but also because of their effect on the...

Monday, June 28, 2010

Inter-American Year of Women 2010: Women & Power - For a World of Equality

The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), proclaimed 2010 the “Inter-American Year of Women,” in recognition of the progress made and the challenges that remain to full equality between men and women. The Inter-American Year...

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

Jointly produced by the IPU and UNODC, the Handbook on Combating Trafficking in Persons is intended to encourage parliamentarians to take an active part in stopping human trafficking. It contains a compilation of international laws and good...

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Case Study

Empowering Parliaments through the Use of ICTs

The study, published by the United Nations Development Programme, has developed an analytical framework that focuses on the three core functions of Parliaments - legislation, representation and oversight - and establishes links between them. It...

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Assessing Legislation - A manual for legislators

It aims at providing the legislators with the necessary tools that would help them in assessing legislations and proposing them to promote social and democratic change in their countries. The guide highlights and discusses several important topics...

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Report of the Secretary General: World Survey on the Role of Women in Development

The World Survey on the Role of Women in Development focuses on emerging development issues that have an impact on the role of women in the economy, and is presented to the Second Committee of the General Assembly at five-year intervals.The present...

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Expert responses

The Impact of Religion on Women’s Leadership Roles in Politics and Public Life

This consolidated response highlights the impact of religious norms and religion on women’s political participation. The response also describes women’s participation in religious institutions and religious political parties, as well as women’s...

Friday, June 05, 2009

Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Peace Negotiations: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1820

In 2008, the UN Security Council recognized sexual violence as a tactic of warfare. Unaddressed in almost all peace negotiations, it represents one of history’s greatest silences. To address this, a group of high-level mediators, subject experts,...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Women and Local Democracy - Lessons from Central America

This publication draws together the experiences and lessons learnt by Central American women working on promoting gender equity in local government. Opportunities and obstacles for women presented by decentralisation are explored with reference to...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Women as citizens - Participation for women’s rights in Central America

This publication is a systematisation of a three and a half year programme looking at issues of women’s citizenship and governance in Central America. Lessons on the value of regional action, empowerment of women’s organisations, alliance building,...

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Promoting Gender Equity in Local Governance – a Toolkit

This report describes lessons learned from the implementation of gender equity policies in some Latin American countries and provides recommendations on how to hold successful advocacy campaigns.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

A Study of the San Salvador Municipal Gender Equity Policy

This report describes the objectives and strategies of the San Salvador gender equity policy and its impact on women.

Monday, March 09, 2009

Multimedia

Getting Ahead: Testimonials of Women in Politics (Trailer)

iKNOW Politics and its partners present the film entitled Getting Ahead: Testimonials from Women in Politics that features incredible stories of women politicians from around the world. The film highlights the cases of prominent women leaders from...