April 13, 2018
USA: Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads
Women are increasingly spotlighting gender as they run in record-breaking numbers in 2018.
Advocacy & Lobbying
Advocacy and lobbying are effective tools for gender advocates, male champions, civil society, and other stakeholders to hold leaders accountable to their commitments on concrete, measurable actions that guarantee women can fully and equally enjoy their rights. These include the ability to exercise freedom and choices, go to school, live free from violence, earn equal pay for equal work, and meaningfully engage in decision-making and political processes. Advocacy groups can collectively put pressure their leaders for legislative reforms to protect and promote women’s rights and concerns, which may require coalition-building, fundraising, civic education, awareness-raising and consensus-building on key issue platforms. Influencing legislation itself may require lobbying to convince policy makers and legislators to address specific issues relevant to gender equality and women’s empowerment, which may involve introducing or revising legislation and policy.
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April 9, 2018
Female candidates take on taboos in new campaign ads
From breastfeeding on camera to sharing intimate stories of sexual abuse, women running for office are turning campaign norms — and long-held gender stereotypes — on their head with a flurry of new ads that highlight once tabo
April 5, 2018
Ukraine’s women leaders joined in Kyiv for the nation’s first women’s congress
Women are building Ukraine’s future and playing prominent roles more than ever before in the nation’s democratic transition – particularly since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity (also known as Euromaidan).
Explore women’s activism from generations past and present
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March 22, 2018
Explore women’s activism from generations past and present
A single moment can spark a revolution, collective actions can transform laws, creative expression can change attitudes and an invention can alter the course of history.
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A single moment can spark a revolution, collective actions can transform laws, creative expression can change attitudes and an invention can alter the course of history.
March 7, 2018
8 March: Empowering stories of women of Turkmenistan
Beautiful, talented, successful and modest – the women of Turkmenistan achieve outstanding results but rarely talk about it.
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#PressForProgress - Yves Leterme on International Women's Day 2018
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March 7, 2018
#PressForProgress - Yves Leterme on International Women's Day 2018
Sebretary General of International IDEA Yves Leterme discusses why we should commemorate and celebrate International Women's Day.
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Sebretary General of International IDEA Yves Leterme discusses why we should commemorate and celebrate International Women's Day.
March 6, 2018
Statement by UN Women's Executive Director for International Women’s Day 2018
Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women for International Women’s Day
March 6, 2018
Statement of UNDP's Administrator on International Women’s Day 2018
Theme: “The Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives”
March 6, 2018
International IDEA's International Women's Day 2018 Series: Gender-targeted public funding to support women in politics
Unequal political representation of women in relation to men remains a problem all over the world. Just 23 per cent of the world’s members of parliament are women.