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March 12, 2018
IPU celebrates International Women’s Day and calls for action to advance gender equality

Statement by Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

March 7, 2018
8 March: Empowering stories of women of Turkmenistan

Beautiful, talented, successful and modest – the women of Turkmenistan achieve outstanding results but rarely talk about it.

March 6, 2018
Statement by UN Women's Executive Director for International Women’s Day 2018

Statement by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women for International Women’s Day

March 6, 2018
Statement of UNDP's Administrator on International Women’s Day 2018

Theme: “The Time is Now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives”

March 6, 2018
International IDEA's International Women's Day 2018 Series: Gender-targeted public funding to support women in politics

Unequal political representation of women in relation to men remains a problem all over the world.  Just 23 per cent of the world’s members of parliament are women.

March 6, 2018
International IDEA's International Women's Day 2018 Series: Women in politics – what (more) can we do to #PressForProgress
Linda Landu (Chief Whip of Cape Winelands District Municipality, South Africa) speaks to International IDEA about women in politics.  Image: International IDEA/Fredrik Larsson
March 6, 2018
International IDEA's International Women's Day 2018 Series: Rising above party lines to place gender equality on the political agenda
March 6, 2018
International IDEA's International Women's Day 2018 Series: Global and regional efforts to enable the conditions to advance gender equality