International Women's Day Webinar 2026 From Tokenism to Transformation: Achieving Gender Parity in Politics for the Next Generation

As we commemorate International Women's Day 2026, the global political landscape continues to grapple with significant gender disparities in political representation. According to the IPU currently 27.5% of the world’s MPs are women. While women have made notable progress in political participation over the past three decades, at the global level disparities continue and gender parity is far political participation, and representation is still a distant dream. 

There is need for a transformative movement that goes beyond incremental progress and tokenistic approaches. This movement demands nothing less than the full and equal sharing of political power between women and men true gender parity. At the heart of this lie transformative gender social norms that challenge traditional approaches to women's political participation and embraces pathbreaking methods to achieve equal representation.

Distinguished Professor Mona Lena Krook of Rutgers University, with over 25 years of expertise in studying strategies to promote women in politics, has recently published groundbreaking research in "Elect Women for a Change: The Path to Gender Parity in Politics." Backed by empirical data her work provides critical insights into how nations can move from aspirational goals to concrete action in achieving political gender parity.

This webinar aims to explore the key strategies that can propel the global parity movement and specifically focus on how to engage and empower young women as catalysts for political transformation, addressing the unique barriers they face and the innovative strategies needed to ensure their meaningful participation in political leadership.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2HMU5vv1Qlawxh0XPef8bg