This handbook provides a comprehensive presentation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol for parlaimentarians. The handbook presents the background to and content of the Convention and the Optional Protocol, and describes the role of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It discusses implementation of the Convention, and provides examples of good practices.

This resource invites parliaments to evaluate their democratic performance against a set of criteria based on the core values set out in IPU’s ground breaking. The purpose is not to rank parliaments and help them identify their strengths and weaknesses against international criteria, in order to determine priorities for strengthening the parliamentary institution.

This report analyzes how gender-responsive changes to accountability systems are enhancing women’s influence in politics and their access to public services. It also highlights women's access to economic opportunities,to justice, and to international assistance for development and security.

The Women Caucus Sheet analyses the objectives when forming a women´s caucus, its structure, and results. It also highlghts some emblematic cases.