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Women’s political participation in electoral processes requires targeted support to overcome gender discrimination. Key strategies for enhancing gender balance in electoral processes include: working with political parties to promote gender sensitive policies and practices to foster women’s leadership; targeted outreach and support for women to register to vote and safely access polling stations; guarantee of protection from election related violence and harassment; the use of quotas and temporary special measures to increase women’s representation; effective technical and financial support to women candidates and political leaders; and engagement of male champions for women’s empowerment and gender equality.

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Will Kamala Harris’ rise inspire other women to join politics?

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August 23, 2024

Will Kamala Harris’ rise inspire other women to join politics?

Progress toward gender parity in politics slowed in 2024 — a quiet shift after a streak of record-breaking years for women’s political candidacies.

Progress toward gender parity in politics slowed in 2024 — a quiet shift after a streak of record-breaking years for women’s political candidacies.

CNN
August 5, 2024
How female politicians’ first names can work for and against them, according to science

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Women political activists hold placards as they march during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Karachi, Pakistan.
June 9, 2024
Gender Parity

PAKISTAN ranks low on the Gender Gap Index in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, 2023. On women’s political empowerment, it ranked 95th out of 146 countries, with only a handful of women occupying senior, managerial, policy- and decision-making posts.

May 23, 2022
Australia: How many women have been elected? What seats are in doubt? And other quick questions about the election results

Good evening Australia.

It's the day after the election and the results are still rolling in from across the country.

Politico
December 9, 2021
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo to run for French president

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hi

Xiomara Castro - Getty Images/BBC
December 1, 2021
Xiomara Castro Edges Closer to Honduran Presidency as Opponent Concedes
August 27, 2019
What “Votes for Women” Means in 2020

By Erin Vilardi,

August 27, 2019
More than 180 women set to contest Federal National Council elections

Close to 200 women are set to contest this year's Federal National Council elections — more than double the number who took part when the country last went to the polls.