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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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Gender-Sensitive Parliaments

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December 5, 2019

Gender-Sensitive Parliaments

The Report on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments is the result of a two-year research project. It follows up on a previous IPU publication, Equality in Politics: A Survey of Women and Men in Parliaments (2008).

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The Report on Gender-Sensitive Parliaments is the result of a two-year research project. It follows up on a previous IPU publication, Equality in Politics: A Survey of Women and Men in Parliaments (2008).

November 29, 2019
Women have been a lot less visible in this UK general election campaign – why?

Every general election is haunted by the ghosts of campaigns past.

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November 15, 2019
Election reveals shift in suburban leadership

More young women from diverse backgrounds are running — and winning.

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November 8, 2019
Votes for women? Not without facial recognition technology in Afghanistan

The first female founder of an Afghan political party has urged the country to rethink the use of facial recognition technology in elections amid concerns it stopped large numbers of women from voting this year.

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November 8, 2019
Muslim women and refugees won historic victories across the US in Tuesday's elections

The 2018 midterm elections saw voters elect a record number of women to the House of Representatives, with a number of individual candidates achievi

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Women to the rescue: The gendered effects of public discontent on legislative nominations in Latin America

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November 6, 2019

Women to the rescue: The gendered effects of public discontent on legislative nominations in Latin America

Political parties act as gatekeepers, meaning that improvements in the representation of women depend on parties’ willingness to nominate women candidates.

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Political parties act as gatekeepers, meaning that improvements in the representation of women depend on parties’ willingness to nominate women candidates.

November 6, 2019
After weeks of Latin American protests, expect to see more women elected to office

For several weeks, angry Latin Americans have been protesting in the streets.

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November 1, 2019
Botswana battles declining number of women in politics

Female under-representation in politics continues to be a problem in Botswana, where only three women won seats in the 57-member National Assembly during last week’s general elections.

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