This consolidated response highlights the impact of religious norms and religion on women’s political participation. The response also describes women’s participation in religious institutions and religious political parties, as well as women’s resistance to religious limitations to their political participation.

This consolidated response highlights strategies and policies that may be used in addition to gender quotas by political parties to increase the numbers of women in politics. The strategies described in this response include establishing women’s sections in political parties, providing women candidates with training and financial assistance to hold effective campaigns, creating a forum for women to lobby and discuss policy, and offering political parties incentives for promoting women in politics.

This report assesses women's membership of political parties in Tanzania, and women's historical and current participation in party politics. It also describes the processes for nomination of presidential and parliamentary candidates in Tanzania, the impact of quotas for women in parliament in Selected African countries, and recommendations for addressing the existing gender imbalances.

The following Manifesto outlines a number of policy areas that should be reformed if we are to remove specific gender-based inequities in our society, and which have a direct impact on the quality of women’s lives. Addressing poverty and social justice will be key priorities for the Green Party in the Irish Government. Changes in Irish society have meant that we are moving closer to becoming a
more equal society, but there are still many people who have been left short of the basic human rights entitlements (such as the right to an adequate income or housing) they should
expect as Irish citizens. The Green Party commits itself to removing many of these final barriers, and particularly barriers, affecting women.