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Indigenous women and other minorities suffer from a lack of political representation, economic marginalization and poverty, lack of access to social services and discrimination. This section highlights news, resources and stories on minorities and indigenous women's struggle for political inclusion.

Political representation of women and indigenous peoples: Evidence from the Peruvian quotas

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March 22, 2013

Political representation of women and indigenous peoples: Evidence from the Peruvian quotas

This paper seeks to advance the analysis of substantive representation of marginalised groups through a critical assessment of quotas in Peru.

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This paper seeks to advance the analysis of substantive representation of marginalised groups through a critical assessment of quotas in Peru.

March 22, 2013
Women’s political stride towards change, Vanuatu

While no women managed to secure a seat in the national election and again in the provincial election, this does not represent a failure on the women part as the high number of women contesting recent elections has set a record for the country.

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March 20, 2013
The Party Where Being a Woman Is Political - By Choice, UK

It's a great time for women, isn't it?

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March 19, 2013
Rape in DR Congo: A 'weapon of war'

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been dubbed the rape capital of the world.

The United Nations says more than 200,000 people have been raped in the country since 1998. And now the UN has issued an ultimatum to two army battallions accused of mass rape.

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March 8, 2013
In the Philippines, women stand up for peace

At the heart of Manila’s main thoroughfare, right at the People Power monument, a large group of Muslim women gathered one Sunday (Oct.

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March 7, 2013
First Maasai woman MP beats ‘curse’ to win seat, Kenya
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March 7, 2013
MEXICO’S REAMM ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN TO RECEIVE NDI’S 2013 MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT GRANT

NDI has announced that it will award its 2013 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to the Network of Support for Women Municipal Leaders (REAMM) of Mexico.

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March 5, 2013
Kenya Decides - the Somali Woman Hoping to Make History

Ijara — As Kenyans go to the polls today, could Sophia Abdi Noor become the first ever Somali woman to be voted in to the Kenyan parliament?

(Read article at: allAfrica)

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February 21, 2013
Turkey: A Woman, a Kurd, and an Optimist

Leyla Zana: Married at 14 to Mehdi Zana, a political Kurd some 20 years her senior who became mayor of Diyarbakir and spent 16 years in jail after the 1980 military coup, she found herself the single mother of two children.

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