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Women, Peace and Security: Keeping the Promise
Women, Peace and Security: Keeping the Promise
Fifteen years after the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, this briefing calls the United Nations and its Member states to use a formal review of the Women, Peace and Security agenda as a way to address major gaps. According to this briefing, international commitment should put…
The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region
The Change Maker’s Toolkit: For raising awareness on gender roles and women’s political participation in the MENA region
This toolkit is intended for the use of Change Makers working with men and women from their communities to support change in knowledge and attitudes on gender equality and women’s political participation. It provides them with a series of tools for facilitating discussion during one-on-one…
An Oxfam Guide on Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights
An Oxfam Guide on Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights
In this guide written by Jeanette Kloosterman of Oxfam Novib and Chloe Safier of Oxfam International, Oxfam explores the meanings of the “Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights” approach by distinguishing transformative leadership from other forms of leadership. Read this guide to learn what…
Ready for success: training manual for potential woman candidates in Vietnamese election
Source: UNDP
Ready for success: training manual for potential woman candidates in Vietnamese election
Source: UNDP
Besides equipping the readers with the most useful knowledge about Viet Nam’s political system and election process, the intention of this manual is to ensure that potential woman candidates understand they have the equal right to stand up, represent and raise their voice for the benefit of the…
A Renewed Vision: DemTools 2.0
A Renewed Vision: DemTools 2.0
DemTools are a set of open-source solutions developed by NDI’s Technology for Democracy team (NDItech) to address some of democracy’s most common problems.
Handbook for Parliamentarians: Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Handbook for Parliamentarians: Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
There are approximately 370 million indigenous peoples in some 90 countries throughout all regions of the world. While they constitute 5 per cent of the world’s population, they make up 15 per cent of the world’s disadvantaged. Of the 7,000 languages in the world today, it is…
Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance
Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance
All political parties need funding to play their part in the political process, yet the role of money in politics is arguably the biggest threat to democracy today. This global threat knows no boundaries, evident across all continents from huge corporate campaign donations in the United States and…
Social Media: A Practical Guide for Electoral Management Bodies
Social Media: A Practical Guide for Electoral Management Bodies
This Guide is intended to inform electoral management bodies (EMBs) about the ways in which social media can be used to increase the participation of the electorate, boost communication, engage all members of the community, and improve transparency and trust throughout the electoral cycle.
It is…
Political Participation and Civic Engagement – an overview of key issues facing youth
Political Participation and Civic Engagement – an overview of key issues facing youth
Prsentation given by Jorge Cardona, Professor of International Law, Member, Committee on the Rights of the Child, Member, Commission of Experts of the Ibero‐American Convention on…