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.
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Libya: National campaign to support women candidates
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In the lead-up to the forthcoming National Assembly elections on 7 July, female candidates will have the support of a national campaign entitled ‘My Voice for Her.’
The Libyan Women’s Union and Maan Nabneeha Movement have launched the national campaign under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). ‘My Voice for Her’ will encourage and boost over 600 female candidates in the elections. It will also support and encourage women voters.
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In the lead-up to the forthcoming National Assembly elections on 7 July, female candidates will have the support of a national campaign entitled ‘My Voice for Her.’
The Libyan Women’s Union and Maan Nabneeha Movement have launched the national campaign under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). ‘My Voice for Her’ will encourage and boost over 600 female candidates in the elections. It will also support and encourage women voters.
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She's young, blonde, polite and doesn't do party politics: just the guy for president in Iceland
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She's young, blonde, polite and doesn't do party politics: just the guy for president in Iceland
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The frontrunner for head of state believes she can move the new generation on, so why are young men and women her biggest critics?
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The frontrunner for head of state believes she can move the new generation on, so why are young men and women her biggest critics?
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.
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Women Sidelined In Upcoming Campaign
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The All People's Congress (APC), Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) all come in well below the goal of 30% representation of women in parliament, as set out in the Commonwealth Plan of Action and Millennium Development Goals.
To read the full article, please visit All Africa's Website.
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The All People's Congress (APC), Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) and People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) all come in well below the goal of 30% representation of women in parliament, as set out in the Commonwealth Plan of Action and Millennium Development Goals.
To read the full article, please visit All Africa's Website.
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UK: My first election as a Green party candidate
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Susanna Rustin hits the campaign trail in Queen's Park. Just a few months after joining a political party for the first time, I was standing in the Queen's Park Westminster by-election. The election day was an unreal prospect. I phoned my ad-hoc campaign manager, and asked what to do. Go to work, he said. Act normal. But I didn't feel very normal. I had an odd but quite enjoyable feeling of nervous expectation and exhilaration, familiar from other election days. Only, of course, no one else in the office was feeling this at all.
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Susanna Rustin hits the campaign trail in Queen's Park. Just a few months after joining a political party for the first time, I was standing in the Queen's Park Westminster by-election. The election day was an unreal prospect. I phoned my ad-hoc campaign manager, and asked what to do. Go to work, he said. Act normal. But I didn't feel very normal. I had an odd but quite enjoyable feeling of nervous expectation and exhilaration, familiar from other election days. Only, of course, no one else in the office was feeling this at all.
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USA: Why did so many women run in 2010?
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Gone are the days when women were forced to don boxy pantsuits and mask their femininity to make it onto the political main stage. In the 2010 election cycle we've been treated to an exceptionally wide range of candidates -- from Mama Grizzlies like Sharon Angle, to CEO powerhouses like Carly Fiorina, to Facebook-vixen-turned-businesswoman Krystal Ball. A record 298 women filed to run for Congress -- including 223 non-incumbents.
What prompted more women than ever to run for Congress in this cycle?
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Gone are the days when women were forced to don boxy pantsuits and mask their femininity to make it onto the political main stage. In the 2010 election cycle we've been treated to an exceptionally wide range of candidates -- from Mama Grizzlies like Sharon Angle, to CEO powerhouses like Carly Fiorina, to Facebook-vixen-turned-businesswoman Krystal Ball. A record 298 women filed to run for Congress -- including 223 non-incumbents.
What prompted more women than ever to run for Congress in this cycle?
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Guatemala: The final word on the first lady
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SANDRA TORRES, who divorced the president of Guatemala in order to be eligible for a presidential run in next month’s election, has been ruled out of the contest once and for all. One of Latin America’s weirdest political sagas finally came to an end when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that her marriage to Álvaro Colom, the current president, made her candidacy unconstitutional.
For more reading, please visit: The Economist
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SANDRA TORRES, who divorced the president of Guatemala in order to be eligible for a presidential run in next month’s election, has been ruled out of the contest once and for all. One of Latin America’s weirdest political sagas finally came to an end when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that her marriage to Álvaro Colom, the current president, made her candidacy unconstitutional.
For more reading, please visit: The Economist
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Egypt's Women Keep Showing Power in Protest
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Egypt's revolution is now often described as hijacked and women's legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 11th 2012
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Egypt's revolution is now often described as hijacked and women's legal rights are seen as vulnerable to an Islamic-style promotion of marriage and family. But in a show of their own force, women keep braving the deadly dangers of street protests.
We invite our users to read the complete article published May 11th 2012
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