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Gender Equality

October 15, 2015
New LSE Study Recommends Gender Quotas to Fight Gender Inequality

The London School of Economics have launched a new study concluding that gender quotas to place women in positions of power are needed in order to guarantee gender equality.

October 9, 2015
Gender equality in the Supreme Court of Mexico

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October 7, 2015
Global Leader's Meeting on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

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August 13, 2015
From the kitchen to public life: In Tunisia,women's personal issues are political ones

By iKNOW Politics Expert

Women's political participation in Latin America
April 27, 2015
Webinar Series Helping Latinas to "Step Into the Political Power," Improve the Number of Women in Politics

The newly launched webinar series created by VoteRunLead and LatinasRepresent has taken on the brave and worthy task of helping Latinas to "step into the political power."

Minister for Justice and Equality-Frances Fitzgerald
April 18, 2015
Is not having children the price women pay for political success?

There are many advocates for gender quotas to help women advance in politics - including front-bench politicians like Frances Fitzgerald.

Inez Murray, CEO, Global Banking Alliance for Women, addresses the Joint Side Event: "Transformative financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment: Expectations from the Financing for Development process." Photo: Ryan Brown/UN Women
April 16, 2015
Mobilizing greater global investment in gender equality and women’s empowerment

To mobilize global leaders to increase the scale and scope of funding for gender equality commitments, UN Women, together with the Permanent Missions of Mexico and Sweden, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development

April 14, 2015
International Consultant on Gender Equality in Parliamentary and Electoral Development Issues, Home-based with 3 missions to Chisinau, Moldova

Background

April 13, 2015
Senior Programme Officer – West Africa

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