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Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/online-courses/e-learning-portal-parliaments
Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/guide-training-material/women%E2%80%99s-caucus-fact-sheet
Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/news/partner-news/namibian-parliament-promotes-gender-equality
Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/case-study/usaid-strengthening-womens-rights-and-political-participation
Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/news/world-news/former-australian-pm-says-women-politicians-face-threats-rape-and-violence-%E2%80%98almost
Monday, October 17, 2016
http://iknowpolitics.org/en/news/world-news/arab-women-parliamentarians-network-equality-%E2%80%9Cra%E2%80%99edat%E2%80%9D
Monday, October 10, 2016
Her Majesty Queen Rania calls for greater support for girls' education in conflict zones
Her Majesty Queen Rania on Monday urged greater support for education in conflict zones, and called for forging partnerships among girls and women around the world to advance this cause. She made these remarks during a working visit to New York with...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Handbook on Promoting Women’s Participation in Political Parties
The extent of women’s representation in elected office in any given country is determined by a wide range of factors, including the general progress towards achieving equality of rights and opportunities among women and men in public and private...
Friday, September 16, 2016
High Level Discussion on the ‘’Economic Cost of Violence Against Women"
Around 2 percent of the GDP is the estimated cost of gender-based violence worldwide. The direct costs of the health and justice systems, child and welfare support, as well as indirect costs, such as lost wages, productivity and potential, are just...
Thursday, September 15, 2016
HOW WILL YOU PARTICIPATE IN YOUR DEMOCRACY? Vote? Organize? Advocate?
Young people in growing numbers from from around the world have a superpower. They have the power to engage and to vote, and NDI is encouraging them to use it. As we celebrate International Day of Democracy, it is important to remember that...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Hiba Qasas
Women activists from war-torn Syria have been a "glimmer of hope" in a peace process that has been very "challenging and depressing", the head of UN Women's Arab States Section has said.  Hiba Qasas was speaking ahead of a meeting with members of...
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Human Rights Watch Analyzes Women's Decision-Making in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system remains the most significant impediment to women’s rights in the country despite limited reforms over the last decade, Human Rights Watch said in a report released last month. Adult women must obtain...
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Hafsa Mossi, former Burundian government minister, assassinated
Former Burundian government minister and spokeswoman Hafsa Mossi was shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Bujumbura last month. "Hon. Mossi assassinated 10.30 in Gihosha", in the east of Bujumbura by, "two criminals in a vehicle," police...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Historic gains for women in politics worldwide
So far, 2016 proved eventful for women’s political participation and leadership in politics. In Rome, 37-year-old lawyer Virginia Raggia promised a new era for the city as she celebrated her victory in June over centre-left Democratic Party...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Handbook for National Human Rights Institutions on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
In 2011, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a survey to document how national Human rights institutions (NHRIs) in the OSCE region address women’s rights and gender equality. This Handbook presents the...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Handbook for Monitoring Women’s Participation in Elections
This handbook provides basic guidance to all OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Missions (EOM) on monitoring women’s participation in electoral processes. It has been developed as part of the ODIHR’s effort to enhance equality between women and men by...
Friday, June 24, 2016
Herat Leaders Call for Afghan Women to Play Active Role in Politics
The need for more Afghan women to work in government positions was the key message from those speaking at a UN-backed event in Herat city, the capital of Afghanistan’s third largest province. “Women’s participation in senior political positions is...
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Helen Joan Cox, MP in the UK Parliament, dies at age 41, after suffering an attack in her constituency
Helen Joan Cox, Labour Party politician and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Batley and Spen, has died after being attacked in her district. Jo Cox was 41 years old when a man shot and stabbed her multiple times after shouting “...

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