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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November 21, 2023
Dutch on brink of electing first female leader
Dutch voters may be about to get someone very different from the outgoing veteran prime minister Mark Rutte.
November 20, 2023
Swiss parliament: who is entitled to be represented?
The average Swiss parliament member is male, well-educated and 50 years old. This year’s elections have accentuated an already existing trend.
November 17, 2023
Indonesia: 2024 election could be nadir of women's representation, say analysts
Political parties claim to have met the minimum national quota of 30 percent for female candidates, but a recent report has found that only one party competing in the 2024 legislative election meets t
Mexico will soon elect its first female president – but that landmark masks an uneven march toward women’s rights
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November 13, 2023
Mexico will soon elect its first female president – but that landmark masks an uneven march toward women’s rights
Mexico will elect its first female president in 2024, barring any surprises between now and the June vote.
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Mexico will elect its first female president in 2024, barring any surprises between now and the June vote.
November 10, 2023
USA: Why this year’s election was a big win for women
Nearly 17 months after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v.
November 6, 2023
Zimbabwe’s election widens gender gap in politics
Zimbabwe’s recent election has exposed weak gender policies both at the political party and governmental levels as women were sidelined despite the
November 5, 2023
Scotland: just a third of general election candidates selected so far are women
Herald on Sunday research shows that despite promises to act from most parties, just a third of all the candidates selected to fight the next general election are women.
November 3, 2023
Election Commission of Pakistan launches awareness drive to boost women’s electoral participation
The Election Commission of Pakistan has launched a media awareness drive among people with the overarching goal of motivating their active involvement in the electoral process, uplifting 49% of w