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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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Inter-Parlamentary Union: Advancing Women's Representation

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June 17, 2025

Inter-Parlamentary Union: Advancing Women's Representation

This series features interviews with a diverse group of parliamentarians, sharing their insights on increasing women's representation in parliament, addressing the impact of violence against women, and exploring the role of men in achieving gender parity.

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This series features interviews with a diverse group of parliamentarians, sharing their insights on increasing women's representation in parliament, addressing the impact of violence against women, and exploring the role of men in achieving gender parity.

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/gender/samia-suluhu-image-war-women-journalists-confront-bias-in-covering-africa-s-female-leaders-5049894
May 26, 2025
Samia Suluhu image war: Women journalists confront bias in covering Africa’s female leaders

“On social media, President Samia Suluhu is objectified simply because she is a woman president. Women journalists work tirelessly to cover her objectively.

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unwomen
May 13, 2025
New survey shows half of women’s organizations aiding women in crises may shut down in six months due to global aid cuts

Geneva, Switzerland — Globally, 308 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance across 73 countries, a figure that continues to rise with escalating conflict, climate change, food insecurity, and disease outbreaks.

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undp
May 13, 2025
Rebuilding dreams: how a restored campus became the catalyst for women's education in Anbar
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Thousands protest gender equality proposals in Bangladesh
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Thousands protest gender equality proposals in Bangladesh

Thousands of members of an Islamist group protested proposed gender equality reforms in Bangladesh over the weekend.

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AMU
May 5, 2025
Women activists urge inclusion in UN political plan for Afghanistan

Women’s rights activists are calling for a new United Nations roadmap for Afghanistan to result in a political structure that includes non-Taliban figures, particularly women, in leadership and decision-making roles.

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/558871/why-special-measures-to-boost-fijian-women-s-political-representation-remain-a-distant-goal
April 23, 2025
Why special measures to boost Fijian women's political representation remain a distant goal

Despite calls from women's groups urging the government to implement policies to address the underrepresentation of women in politics, the introduction of temporary special measures (TSM) to increase women's political representation in Fiji is remains a distant goal.

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