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Monday, December 10, 2012
Germany: Women, immigrants on the rise in Merkel's conservative makeover
Aygul Ozkan, the daughter of a Turkish tailor, is the new face of Germany's ruling conservatives. Her election to the leadership board of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) represents a facelift for a party that has for decades been dominated by...
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Turkey: New Model Offered to Battle Low Female Representation
KA-DER (Female Electoral Candidates Support Association) released a statement today--on the 78th anniversary of Turkish women's acquisition of suffrage rights--urging the political parties to revise their quota system in their decision-making...
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Friday, December 07, 2012
Europe: More women on company boards. Europe to commit and set the example.
I would like to kindly invite you to support my Campaign for “More women on company boards. Europe to commit and set the example.” and to promote my initiative to other interested parties and actors. Only 10% women board members in european...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012
European Elections 2014
  The European elections will be held in all 28 member states from the 22 to 25 May. Every five years EU citizens choose who represents them in the European Parliament, the directly-elected institution that defends their interests in the EU...
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Thursday, November 08, 2012
Hungary: Report highlights lack of women in Hungarian politics
Hungary occupies the penultimate place within the European Union in terms of the proportion of women among lawmakers, far behind other nations in the CEE region, national daily Nepszabadsag said on Saturday. Citing lecturer Gabriella Ilonszki of...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
NDI: International Summit in Kosovo Produces “Pristina Principles” to Increase Women’s Empowerment
After three days of meetings in Pristina, Kosovo, a group of women and men leaders from around the world has created the “Pristina Principles,” a set of guidelines and priorities aimed at eliminating barriers to women’s political participation,...
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Report / White Paper
Report on international standards and best practices on electoral financing to promote women’s political participation
In 2011-2012, the UNDP Romania CO has supported the Permanent Electoral Authority in identifying key entry points for advancing women participation in politics through the development of modern political party and electoral campaign financing, in...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
The International Parliamentary Conference on Gender and Politics 2012 (IPCG&P) will take place in the Houses of Parliament in London, 6-8 November 2012
Hosted by both the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK and the British Group Inter-Parliamentary Union, the conference will take place in the Houses of Parliament from 6 to 8 November 2012, and will be attended by up to 120 international...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Hungary: Hungary's about turn on domestic violence
The Hungarian parliament has changed course on a bill that introduces domestic violence to the Hungarian penal code. A citizen led proposal, that domestic violence be criminalised with specific legislation, found resistance from members of...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Armenia: Women Still Shut Out of Local Politics
The number of women standing in local elections in Armenia has barely changed from four years ago, despite government pledges to increase participation. Activists are now saying it might be is time for local polls to be subject to the same gender...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Kosovo: Leaders Encourage Women to Pursue Careers
An increasing number of women in Kosovo want to pursue a career and raise a family, but balancing the two remains a challenge in what is considered to be the most conservative male-dominated society in the Balkans. That is why Kosovo women leaders...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Hungary: MPs Join Protest for Women’s Rights
Several NGOs staged a demonstration on Kossuth tér on Sunday to draw attention to violence against women and to speak up for women’s rights more generally. Several speakers expressed outrage at Fidesz MP István Varga’s comment during parliamentary...
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Russia: Jailed Pussy Riot Women Nominated For Sakharov Prize
Three members of the Russian female punk band Pussy Riot are among the eight candidates nominated for the 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The trio, who were imprisoned for staging a musical protest derogatory to President Vladimir Putin...
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Friday, September 07, 2012
UK: Number of women in Cabinet falls
The move decreases the chance of David Cameron being able to fulfil his pledge to have women in a third of the ministerial positions by the end of this government term. When he became leader of the Tory party, Mr Cameron called the lack of women...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
UK: What women want from the reshuffle (blog)
Much has changed since the wannabe prime minister David Cameron pledged to give a third of his first government's jobs to women, thereby ending what he called the "scandalous under-representation" in parliament. Not least the fact that, once in...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Ghana: Inter-Regional seminar on women's political empowerment opens in Accra
Mrs. Juliana Azuma-Mensah, Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs, has said the women’s role in participating at all levels of decision making was a key priority on the development agenda of the government of Ghana. She said government had put in...
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Armenia: Women and Politics Newspaper
The newspaper present analysis of impact of the implementation of gender quotas on women in politics in Armenia.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
Russia: Female punk band protesters jailed for two years
Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, a ruling supporters described as his "personal revenge". The group's backers burst...
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