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FAMILY VOTING AND ELECTORAL RIGHTS: From Understanding the Phenomenon to Eradicating the Practice - Online Survey

 


 

 FAMILY VOTING AND ELECTORAL RIGHTS:

From Understanding the Phenomenon to Eradicating the Practice

 

UN Women Albania is launching a research project that aims to better understand family voting as a phenomenon and identify policy solutions towards eradicating the practice.

As part of this initiative, we would like to gather information from colleagues around the world that have worked on gender and elections.

According to a definition offered by the Venice Commission Report family voting occurs when a male family member accompanies one or more women relatives into a polling booth, when family groups vote together or when a male family member votes on behalf of one or more female relatives.

In sharing your experiences, we would appreciate if you could include information on:

-          Best practices on Election Day

o    What number of monitors has been most effective?

o    What criteria, especially non-conventional ones have monitors used to monitor family voting?

o   How can the role of UN Women and partner organizations be used better on election day?

o    Reporting mechanisms for women forced into coercive voting

-          Short term initiatives

o   Campaigning or communication techniques in the run-up to elections

o   Implement mechanisms that would deter through threat of prosecution 

-          Longer-term initiatives

o   Training monitors

o   Educating voters

o   Collaboration with political parties

 

-          Strategies that have not worked and whether they are cultural specific

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Evis Progonati at evis.progonati@gmail.com and fiorela.shalsi@unwomen.org

 

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