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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Opinion: macho Mexico will soon elect a female president as women’s role in politics increases
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September 27, 2023
Opinion: macho Mexico will soon elect a female president as women’s role in politics increases
Mexico will most probably elect a woman president nine months from now.
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Mexico will most probably elect a woman president nine months from now.
September 22, 2023
After Jacinda Ardern, a ‘Scary Time’ for women in New Zealand politics
September 21, 2023
Indonesia: election to be milestone for women's representation in parliament
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.
September 6, 2023
Women win Mexican primaries; one is likely to be first female president
Half of Mexico’s Congress is female. The cabinet is gender-balanced.
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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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
August 31, 2023
Xóchitl Gálvez: Mexican opposition pick female election candidate
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August 30, 2023
Zimbabwe’s election was a fight between men – women are sidelined in politics despite quotas
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).