Elections

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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Indonesia: election to be milestone for women's representation in parliament

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 05:10

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Indonesia: election to be milestone for women's representation in parliament

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The 2024 election is expected to be an important milestone for increasing women's representation in parliament, according to Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Bintang Puspayoga.

"We all hope that the 2024 election will be an important milestone in the struggle to achieve fairer and more inclusive representation in parliament to create empowered women and protected children," the minister said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

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Women win Mexican primaries; one is likely to be first female president

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 09/06/2023 - 05:16

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Women win Mexican primaries; one is likely to be first female president

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Half of Mexico’s Congress is female. The cabinet is gender-balanced. And now, women have won the primaries of the two leading political blocs — making it likely that this traditionally macho nation will elect its first female president, ahead of the United States.

Dismantle barriers to women’s political participation

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September 4, 2023

Dismantle barriers to women’s political participation

While the push for gender equity continues globally, the country’s recently held harmonized elections proved that there is still a long way to go as far as women’s politic

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Xóchitl Gálvez: Mexican opposition pick female election candidate

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 08/31/2023 - 03:50

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Xóchitl Gálvez: Mexican opposition pick female election candidate

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Zimbabwe’s election was a fight between men – women are sidelined in politics despite quotas

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 05:23

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Zimbabwe’s election was a fight between men – women are sidelined in politics despite quotas

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Zimbabwe’s 2023 harmonised elections have largely been depicted as a battle between the two “Big Men” – President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the ruling Zanu-PF and Nelson Chamisa of the leading opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Significant media attention focused on the uneven playing field between the ruling party and the opposition.