Closing the digital gap to level the playing field for women in Latin America
Deputies of the National Assembly of Panama with representatives of the Ministry of Women, the EU, International IDEA and other partners during Parity Week discussions on strengthening gender parity in Panama. Credit: International IDEA/Elizabeth Hernández
Women continue to confront entrenched barriers and new forms of inequality throughout their political careers. In 2025 International IDEA’s work put a spotlight on a fast-growing threat—how digitalization, generative AI and online disinformation are fuelling gender-based political violence and shrinking democratic space for women.
Working with partners including the UN Development Programme, UN Women, ParlAmericas, Casa de América and Fundación Carolina, International IDEA advanced strategies to counter digital harms and strengthen women’s political leadership.
In Panama, for example, the Institute brought the National Assembly—the country’s unicameral legislature—political organizations, civil society and women leaders together to push for gender parity as a core electoral reform priority, demonstrating how digital-era challenges and long-standing inequalities must be tackled in tandem.
This project on electoral integrity and gender seeks to consolidate the conditions that enable free, fair and trustworthy elections in the face of challenges such as disinformation and gender-based digital violence. For Mexico, it represents an opportunity to strengthen our institutions while, at the same time, sharing experiences that can benefit the rest of the region.
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