Sub Saharan Africa

This brief analyzes key resources that women need to have access to and control of to ensure food and nutrition security in Africa. It argues that women should be involved not only by the means of creating new policies, but also by participating in creating new solutions to existing problems.

This issue of "Conflict Trends, on Women, Peace and Security" contains several articles that seek to stimulate debate regarding the positive contributions that women make on peace and security issues in Africa.

This document consists of two papers, "Electoral Operations, Human Rights and Public Confidence in a Democratic System" and "Electoral Campaigns and Pre-Election Issues: The 'Level Playing Field' and Genuine Elections." Both papers were presented at the 1994 African Election Administrators' Coll

This publication reports on a seminar organized in Kigali, Rwanda in June 2001 by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNDP. The purpose of the seminar was to provide a forum for discussion on the practical ways and means of ensuring that Rwanda's future constitution is gender-sensitive.

This paper identifies an initial set of considerations to ensure that gender equality is central to the aid effectiveness agenda.

This website contains information on political parties in Africa. It also provides links to resources containing information about IDEA-sponsored activities relating to democracy building, conflict management and electoral processes in Africa.

This case study examines the experiences with quota implementation on the African continent.

This publication is a compilation of eight case studies drawn from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, South Africa and Uganda.

This report summarizes the responses of an elections survey launched by UNDP in May 2006. The survey documents the assistance UNDP has provided to various countries, and identifies key strengths and weaknesses in its electoral assistance activities.