Parliaments and Representatives

This paper is to focus on the role of women policy agencies in enhancing women’s political participation with a particular emphasis on their influence on women’s participation and leadership in policy outcomes.

This paper examines the principal steps involved in the process of recruiting individuals to countries’ legislatures. It also looks at the effect of development, culture, and a country’s electoral system on women’s representation.

This paper focuses on the quantitative aspect of women's participation in parliaments, primarily in the past ten years.

This survey collates insights from both men and women parliamentarians into the factors that shape decision making.

This brochure provides an overview and analysis of progress made, and setbacks encountered, by women in accessing parliament during elections and renewals held in 2007.

This poster provides a snapshot of the presence of women in the executive and legislative branches of government in January 2008.

As part of its efforts to strengthen the capacity of parliaments to promote gender equality and respect for women's rights, the IPU organised a first seminar of parliamentary bodies dealing with gender issues.

This consolidated response discusses factors stimulating the advancement of women in politics in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the highlighted factors include gender quotas in politics, national women’s movements, and the spillover effect of democratic values throughout the continent.

This tool seeks to highlight the importance of parliamentary oversight of the security sector and the benefits parliamentarians derive from integrating a gender perspective into their work.