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Mar
09
2022

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International IDEA supports a regional campaign on women political participation: 'Her Participation, our future' #مشاركتها_مستقبلنا

International IDEA has made women's participation one of its main axes in improving the inclusiveness of electoral processes in the Arab region. To combat inequitable attitudes towards women in the...

Mar
08
2022

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Diversified approaches to prevent violence against women during elections in the Arab region

International IDEA works to reduce the gap between women's rights as affirmed in the legal texts in the different Arab countries and the low rates of women in decision-making positions.

Mar
08
2022

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Paraguay: Political training for women helps reduce the representation gap

In a region that has seen the greatest progress in political gender equality in the last two decades, Paraguay stands out, but for the wrong reasons: it has the third-lowest percentage of women in...

Mar
07
2022

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Gender quotas: one of the key mechanisms to address the overrepresentation of men in positions of political leadership and decision-making

In most societies across all parts of the world, gender inequalities and discrimination against women remain deeply entrenched as societies are characterised by systems, processes and practices...

Mar
07
2022

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Report Launch: How Women Politicians of Fiji are Treated on Facebook

Remember this web article? Entitled “Research report preview: How are Fiji's women politicians treated on social media?”, the article served as a teaser for the full Report. The Report along with its...

Mar
07
2022

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Few women at the top of electoral management bodies worldwide

Electoral management bodies (EMBs) are responsible for ensuring a level playing field for political representation and meaningful participation across the entire electoral cycle. Yet, International...

Mar
07
2022

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Gender equality and the Summit for Democracy

Political gender equality is a central pillar of democracy, as all people, independently of gender, should have an equal say in political representation and decision-making. In practice, democracies...

Mar
04
2022

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IP Champions: Protecting Filipino Indigenous Women’s Rights

On International Women’s Day, we recognize the key roles Filipino indigenous women play in their communities and beyond. With approximately 17 million Indigeneous Peoples (IP) living in the...

Mar
04
2022

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Break the financial bias: Levelling the playing field for women in politics through political finance measures

International IDEA’s recent report and video highlight that levelling the financial field for men and women candidates remains one of the pressing priorities to #BreakTheBias and promote gender...

Mar
04
2022

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How the science of human behaviour can help legislatures advance gender equality through financial oversight

The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women must be at the heart of our effort to strengthen democracy worldwide. Through behaviorally informed interventions, we can help small...

Mar
04
2022

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Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa

Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa (Women in Political Participation (WPP)) is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa. Funded by Sida...

Mar
03
2022

Feature Story

Meaningful inclusion demands constant investment, but female local officials have barely got it

The 22 years old Saraswati Nepali is the mom of two kids and lives approximately five hours' drive (and five hours walk) away from the headquarter of Karnali Province, Surkhet—a place that paid the...

Mar
03
2022

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Myanmar’s first post-coup People’s Assembly decides on 30 per cent women’s quota

Women make up over half of Myanmar’s population, yet significant obstacles remain for women to be able to participate in political processes and to achieve equal representation in Myanmar’s state...

Feb
25
2022

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Fiji's National Forum on Women in Politics

International IDEA, together with our funding partners and civil society organizations (CSOs), have been convening an annual National Forum on Women in Politics (NFWP) in Fiji since 2018. In advance...

Jan
14
2022

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Enhancing democracy's ability to deliver in an emergency

International IDEA led the development of the Working Paper, "Mechanisms of Democracy and Fundamental Rights" as part of Club de Madrid's Global Commission on Democracy and Emergencies.

Dec
07
2021

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SDG16 Data Initiative Report 2021

In 2015 the United Nations member states adopted the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be achieved by 2030, including SDG 16, on peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Nov
29
2021

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Constitutions, Customary and Religious Law and Gender Equality: the 3rd annual Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue

The 2021 Women Constitution-Makers’ Dialogue focused on comparative experiences with constitutions, customary and religious law, and gender equality.

Nov
04
2021

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UN S-G Antonio Guterres’s “Our Common Agenda” relaunches multilateralism in the face of contemporary challenges: Highlights from the UNGA general debate at the United Nations 76th Session

While the impact of the pandemic restrictions still affected the organization of international summits in person, the High-Level General Debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General ...

Oct
25
2021

News Article

Women in Politics- Challenges faced by Women in the Path of Politics in Fiji

As a build-up to the Annual National Forum on Women in Politics to be held on 27 October 2021, International IDEA’s Asia and the Pacific Regional Programme organized a webinar entitled “Challenges...

Aug
12
2021

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What’s happening to democracy in Melanesia?

The fourth webinar , held on 29 July 2021, answers the question: “What’s happening to democracy in Melanesia?

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