Online Courses
Parliaments and Gender Equality: Gender mainstreaming in legislatures
Parliaments and Gender Equality: Gender mainstreaming in legislatures
The experience accumulated by the UNDP with other institutions is synthesized in the proposal we hereby present today: “Parliaments and Gender Equality. Gender mainstreaming in legislatures”. This contribution has come about as part of the regional project “Knowledge Pro-Equality”, supported by the…
Presentation on NDI's "Women and Technology" survey
Presentation on NDI's "Women and Technology" survey
This presentation was give during the iKNOW Politics webinar on Women in Politics Use of ICTs held April 30th 2014 by Ms.Susan Kemp who is a senior program officer at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) where she works on designing, implementing and evaluating programs that promote women's…
Professional Development Programs for Parliamentarians & Parliamentary Staff
Professional Development Programs for Parliamentarians & Parliamentary Staff
Since August 2007, The World Bank Institute Professional Development program for Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Staff has been available online and currently, the site is undergoing a redesign. By making this series of learning modules publicly available, the World Bank Institute will assist a…
Increasing Women’s Political Participation Through Effective Training Programs
Increasing Women’s Political Participation Through Effective Training Programs
Increasing Women’s Political Participation Through Effective Training Programs: Aguide to best practices and lessons learned.
The NDI training manual provides key considerations to examine during the program design phase, including an analysis of the history of political and civic engagement in the…
Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With Technology
Enhancing Transparency In Political Finance With Technology
No matter what country you are from, money is an inescapable part of political campaigns. But citizens have the right to know who is really funding their local candidates and influencing the results of elections.
Join us for a free webinar series to learn more and uncover the influence of money in…
Guidelines for Women's Caucuses
Guidelines for Women's Caucuses
Women account for only about 20 per cent of the world’s MPs. In nearly every country they form a minority in parliament, an institution traditionally governed according to the principles and worldviews of their predominantly male memberships.
Under these conditions, women MPs tend to…
Implementing and overseeing electronic voting and counting technologies
Implementing and overseeing electronic voting and counting technologies
As a growing number of countries at various stages of development consider the use of electronic technologies in electoral processes, they face opportunities and challenges. This Guide was prepared by IFES and NDI to help election authorities, civil society, political parties and other stakeholders…
CEDAW General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations
CEDAW General recommendation No. 30 on women in conflict prevention, conflict and post-conflict situations
1. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women decided at its forty-seventh session, in 2010, pursuant to article 21 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to adopt a general recommendation on women in conflict prevention, conflict…
Best Practices of Effective Parties: Three training modules for political parties
Best Practices of Effective Parties: Three training modules for political parties
Although a majority of Latin Americans believe democracy is preferable to other political systems, most are not satisfied with democracy in their own country. Recent Latinobarometro polls show that four out of five Latin Americans have lost trust in their political parties, mirroring a disturbing…