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The National Democratic Institute (NDI) seeks a Senior Program Officer to strengthen NDI’s Women’s Political Participation programs.  This candidate will assist regional teams to design and implement programs, create new materials to support programs and manage special projects, as needed.  The position is based in Washington, DC and will include some international travel.

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Women and girls hardly ever fight the world's wars, but they often suffer the most. Increasingly, they are the direct targets of fighting, when sexual violence is deliberately used as a tactic of warfare.

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UNIFEM is seeking the services of independent consultant/s for conducting a baseline study for the programme “From communities to global security institutions: Engaging women in building peace and security.” The purpose of the baseline study is to generate enough data and findings to assess the realistic potential impact of the project and facilitate its monitoring and evaluation. The result of this study will be used to revise and adjust the project’s expected outcomes, outputs, and indicators.

To read the complete details please download the attached document.

The Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA), a year-long program that aims to inspire and empower young Middle Eastern women to pursue political careers in their home countries, culminated in a two-week retreat in Madison, Wisconsin, last month, where participants met with elected women leaders from across the state and honed their leadership skills and political aspirations.The participants are now back in their home countries, where they are pursuing a range of options, from starting their own advocacy organizations to running for elective office.

Despite the remarkable progress of women in many professions, politics is not one of them. Indeed, around the world, women have been conspicuous by their absence in decision and policy making in government. We know that women’s participation in politics makes a difference. Women bring different views, talents and perspectives to politics which help shape the political agenda.

n the run-up to Tanzania’s general elections 31 October, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM (part of UN Women), will conduct workshops throughout September for women candidates in seven electoral zones to strengthen their election strategies. The trainings seek to empower women candidates by improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community mobilization, advocacy and lobbying.

For more information, please visit UNIFEM.

As Egypt prepares for legislative elections in November, one civic group is ramping up efforts to get citizens to the polls. One tactic is a new website, www.vote4egypt.com, which launched today to bolster an ongoing campaign to convey the importance of voting.

Vote4Egypt.com features promotional GOTV videos, posters and message boards where users can discuss topics such as how to get voter identification cards and where to vote on election day.  The website also tells citizens how they can play an active role in the GOTV campaign.

UN Under-Secretary-General for UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, has commended the UN Security Council for its willingness to accelerate progress on historic resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. The Council marked the 10th anniversary of the resolution, which made historic commitments to women, peace and security, through an Open Debate yesterday that considered a stronger implementation, monitoring and accountability framework. More than 80 Member States delivered statements to the Council.

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Earlier this year a field review of the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Gender Programmes was carried out under the auspices of Stockholm-based InDevelop-IPM. The review was commissioned by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) together with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Irish Aid.