Skip to main content

Local Government

Local governments are in a unique position to contribute to the global struggle for gender equality by improving the status of women around the world. Local Governments are the level of governance closest to the citizens and as service providers and employers have an important role in creating the conditions that encourage women’s political participation. In this special feature, we are collecting knowledge resources, case studies, stories and interviews from women active in local politics.  

May 16, 2018
Pennsylvania Primaries deliver strong wins for Democratic women

A state representative, an Air Force veteran and two high-powered lawyers — all women — won Democratic House primaries on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, where a record number of women ran for House seats in a year of intense political enthusiasm among fema

May 10, 2018
Five women said to be in running to become Italy's transitional PM

Five women are among the names floated to lead a transitional government in Italy in what some speculate could be President Sergio Mattarella’s attempt to break with tradition while the

May 2, 2018
Women Step Up for State Office

Nevada and Arizona could make history this fall, with both states positioned to elect the first female-majority legislative chambers in the nation's history.

April 30, 2018
Equal Voice Alberta launches workshops to recruit more women into politics

Equal Voice Alberta is urging more women to run in the 2019 Alberta provincial election.

Summary of the e-Discussion on Women’s Participation in Local Government

Back
April 30, 2018

Summary of the e-Discussion on Women’s Participation in Local Government

Interviews

April 27, 2018
Seychelles: Gender parity in President Faure’s revamped cabinet

President Danny Faure has announced a cabinet reshuffle involving a reduction in the size of the Cabinet which will now comprise 10 ministers in addition to the president and the vice

April 27, 2018
President-elect unveils gender-balanced, multi-party Cabinet in Costa Rica

Carlos Alvarado, of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), based his presidential campaign during Costa Rica’s second electoral round on a promise of national unity.

April 24, 2018
Will Tunisia's municipal elections change anything?

Tunisians will head to the polls on May 6 to vote in the country's first free municipal elections since the removal of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and