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This is a video by the Council of Europe. A recent study by IPU and the Parliamentary Association of the Council showed that acts of sexism, abuse and violence against women are widespread in parliaments across Europe. The findings reveal that 85 per cent of women MPs have suffered from…

The IPU and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) organized a panel on Where do parliaments stand in the fight against sexism and harassment? at the 139th Assembly, where the new report on Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe was presented.…

It’s officially Youth in Politics month! Young people are often excluded or overlooked as political candidates. Politics is typically regarded as a space for politically experienced men, and while women are often disadvantaged in accumulating experience to run for office, young people are…

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés is the fourth woman in the UN's history to be elected President of the General Assembly.

Women continue to be severely underrepresented in decision-making processes and bodies across the world at all levels. In fact,  the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reports  only 23% of members of parliament (MPs) are women. A major contributing factor to this is the…

Watch SIMA RAMA’s Impact Talk with Joey Boink, the Director of Burden of Peace - Carga de Paz and Sandra Pepera, Director of National Democratic Institute - NDI Women and moderated by Jennifer Geist, Global Education Consultant Zeitgeist Creations, for a compelling…

“The film conveys how tough it is to break the remaining glass ceilings. May it motivate future generations of women to keep at it!” — Helen Clark, 2017 By any measure, Helen Clark is an exceptional woman. Her journey from one of four children on a remote New Zealand farm to becoming New Zealand’s…

For International Women's Day 2018, International IDEA sat down with female politicians from South Africa and Zambia to discuss rising above party lines to place gender equality on the political agenda.

Sebretary General of International IDEA Yves Leterme discusses why we should commemorate and celebrate International Women's Day.