Campaigns

An effective political campaign is a connected series of operations designed to persuade constituents to vote for you, your candidate, a party or an issue. Campaigns require methodical planning, organization and implementation.

Women face a number of obstacles implementing effective, winning campaigns. Women generally have more difficulty than men do in raising sufficient funds to win a campaign, in large part because they are traditionally not the primary breadwinners. Similarly, women may not have equal access to decision-making regarding the distribution of funds. Traditionally, women must earn the internal support of their party or, alternatively, work even harder to win as independent candidates. Rather than focusing on the substance of a campaign and its message, the media and the public may focus instead on the appearance of a woman candidate or her role in the home. To earn the support of their own party and constituents, women must work harder than men do to create clean, targeted and compelling messages.

NDI: Women's Political Participation Training Report, Cambodia

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February 20, 2013

NDI: Women's Political Participation Training Report, Cambodia

As the 2013 National Assembly elections approach, Cambodia has an opportunity to improve women’s political participation.

February 7, 2013

The women who changed Britain forever

They transformed British society in little more than a generation – campaigning on everything from equal rights to abortion and apartheid.

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January 30, 2013

UNDP:Women in community governance: our approach

Women’s empowerment, participatory local governance and non-stereotyped approaches to wo/men’s roles are at the heart of the “Women in Local Democracy” project, which is currently being implemented by UNDP Armenia and funded by the European Union.

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NDI & UNDP: Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties: A Good Practices Guide to Promote Women's Political Participation

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January 28, 2013

NDI & UNDP: Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties: A Good Practices Guide to Promote Women's Political Participation

A good practices guide to promote women's political participation.

December 19, 2012

Candidate Schools Help Women in West Africa Compete and Win

As countries across West Africa transition to democracy following years of autocratic rulers, civil unrest, and sometimes civil war, women are frequently left out of the process.

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December 18, 2012

South Korea: S. Korea's first woman president?

If Park Geun-Hye is elected South Korea's first-ever woman president on Wednesday, she will lead a country that is ranked below the likes of Suriname and the United Arab Emirates in gender equality.

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December 10, 2012

India: The tale of two women who have taken on Gujarat’s "Iron Man"

It is 8.30 a.m. on Saturday in the middle class area of Chandra Nagar. Jagruti Pandya, widow of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya, who was murdered in 2003, is doing a walkabout.

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November 23, 2012

Ghana: CPP Presidential Candidate to champion the cause of women

Dr Michael Abu Sakara Foster, Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) on Wednesday said when elected his government would champion the cause of women in nation building.

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November 19, 2012

South Korea: Fashion Chief Rallies to Make Park South Korean President

Kim Sung Joo, who refused an arranged marriage to pursue her fortune selling luxury goods, said electing Park Geun Hye next month as South Korea’s first female president would help destroy its entrenched gender gap.

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