December 2, 2020
Being a woman in politics shouldn’t come with death threats
Domestic extremists planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in October.
Women's Leadership
December 2, 2020
Tackling online abuse and disinformation targeting women in politics
In 2017, soon after then Ukrainian member of parliament Svitlana Zalishchuk gave a speech to the United Nations on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on women, a fake tweet began t
Men, power and politics
The Men, Power and Politics program guidance is a tool to engage male political leaders as transformative agents of change for gender equality.
Interactive map of the latest cases of MPs in danger
MPs can sometimes be subject to human rights violations, ranging from arbitrary detention and exclusion from public life to even kidnapping and murder in the worst cases.
November 26, 2020
How Ukraine’s gender quotas work in practice
A businesswoman from the southern city of Kherson, Eremenko has seen Ukraine’s local political system from the inside. After helping the Ukrainian army when war broke out in the east of the country in 2014, she ran for city council in a national political party - but didn’t get in.
November 26, 2020
Men's forum pushes for more women in politics
Men’s Forum on Gender is pushing for the enactment of electoral laws that compel political parties to implement the 50/50 gender representation in their structures before being allowed to contest in an election.
Eliminating violence against women in politics: What works and what doesn’t?
Violence against women in politics is an intolerable violation of women’s rights which poses fundamental challenges to democratic values and electoral processes.
November 23, 2020
Somalia: Groups explore ways to increase women's participation in politics
Civil society and human rights activists, legal experts, politicians and youth representatives met in Mogadishu on Sunday to discuss ways to increase and strengthen women's participation in Somalia's politics.