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New International IDEA Resources
 Designing for Equality
Designing for Equality brings together the insights presented in two prior International IDEA publications, Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers (2005) and Electoral System Design: the New International IDEA Handbook (2005), assessing how increased women’s representation can be achieved under different combinations of electoral systems and quotas. Designing for Equality is an essentail reference tool for those working to improve women’s representation in politics.
 iKNOW Politics
The International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKNOW Politics), the first virtual network linking women in politics throughout the world, was launched on 27 February 2007 at the United Nations, anticipating this year’s International Women’s Day. Drawing on a database of over 100 experts on women in politics, this innovative global platform—www.iKNOWPolitics.org—was specifically designed to promote gender-sensitive governance and advance the role and number of women in political and public life. iKNOW Politics was founded by International IDEA in partnership with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
To find out more about International IDEA’s work on gender and democracy, please visit: www.idea.int/gender
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Women in Politics: Regional Trends
International IDEA’s field staff share their answers to the question: What are the major trends in and challenges for women's participation in politics?
Latin America
 Kristen Sample, Programme Officer for the Andean Region and for Gender Issues in Latin America
“There is a whole set of challenges that women face that are disproportionate to the challenges faced by men, at each stage of the game: be it deciding to compete, getting on the list or getting elected during a campaign.”
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South Asia
 Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham, Head of South Asia
“Many countries in the region have had female heads of state, but I don’t think that this has translated into a sufficiently large number of women entering politics or being active in politics. In that sense the trend is declining.”
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South Caucasus
 Armineh Arakelian, Resident Representative and Head of Office in Armenia
“What is needed to increase women’s participation is more civic and political education to prepare them to take responsibilities in the public sphere, as well as legislation, advocacy and education to change the attitude of male policy makers.”
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Africa
 Abdalla Hamdok, Regional Director for Africa and the Middle East
“The major challenge in Africa is leadership. If we look at where women have made gains in terms of representation, this is partly due to leadership committed to balanced gender representation.”
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