Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Bolivia: Indigenous Women Seek the Political Kingdom
Photo credit: Franz Chávez/IPS A growing number of Bolivia’s indigenous women are participating in politics, ready to break the barriers of gender and ethnicity. Though spread across great distances and representing various realities,  many...
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Erika Brockmann
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Erika Brockmann
Erika Brockmann is a psychologist by training. She completed graduate studies in gender and development, political science and democracy studies.  Ms. Brockmann was a Member of Parliament of Bolivia from 1997 to 2005, representing the Left...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Not Another 500 Years Of Marginalisation, Say Indigenous Leaders
"We prefer to defend our rights with bloodshed and die rather than wait another 500 years," says Esperanza Huanca, a Quechua Indian who is one of the 84 women in the constituent assembly that is rewriting Bolivia's constitution. For more...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Work Comes First For Women
The National Survey on Women’s Perceptions of Exclusion and Discrimination found that in the life plans of most women in Bolivia, work comes first, and a decreasing number have plans based exclusively on marriage or motherhood. To read...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
New International IDEA Resource
30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.” This report examines the progress made in women’s participation at all...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Bolivia: Women celebrate landmark approval of law against political harassment and violence
Today, we women celebrate the approval of the Law Against Political Harassment and Violence Toward Women – a historical step toward consolidating democracy in Bolivia, following some 12 years of efforts to pass this law, headed by the Association...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Interviews
Elizabeth Salguero
“…but on the other hand, there is also a challenge, not only in Bolivia but in the region, for us feminists that have been in this fight for a long time to pass the torch to young women and to work jointly with them and strengthen their leadership....
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Expert responses
Gender Mainstreaming in the Americas
This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas. Some of these include the creation of national machineries to promote gender equal policies, the...
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective
This Declaration, known as a pedagogic and debate work tool, is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the...
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Monday, April 21, 2008
International Agreement and Action Plans
Legislative Advances Ten Years after Cairo
This Report evaluates the evolution of the Cairo Program of Action, and focuses on sexual and reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. It identifies and analyzes the normative progress in 20 countries in the region. It also presents...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Academic Paper / Article
Democratic Governance and Gender: Possible Linkages
This document analyzes the changes in Latin America and the relationship between democratic governance and the reform of gender inequality practices. It provides two sections that evaluate the concept of governance, and the reflection on the...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Case Study
NDI’s Women’s Leadership Institute in Bolivia
This report describes NDI’s Women’s Leadership Institute program offered to 35 Bolivian women to gain practical skills to transform their communities, political parties, and civil society.
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Report / White Paper
Bolivia’s Political Party System and the Incentives for Pro-Poor Reform
This report examines Bolivia’s political party system in order to identify the pros and cons of advancing pro-poor reform. It also contains recommendations to members of the international development community presently formulating their country...
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