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Democratic and economic transitions and development in the UNDP Europe and CIS region have taken place in the post-Soviet era without the full participation of a major segment of the population—women. The lack of participation by women weakens their position in political life and their

Madrid — The Government of Spain and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) today signed a three-year Strategic Partnership Framework for approximately EUR 32 million to promote gender equality worldwide.

Earlier this month, Timor-Leste approved its first domestic violence law, eight years after it was initially drafted. The legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of the law, with 30 votes in favor and three abstentions.

With one-third women in the Constituent Assembly (CA), the gender issues are likely to get prominence not only in the Constitution, but also in the state mechanism.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance— International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization that supports sustainable democracy worldwide. Its objective is to strengthen democratic institutions and processes.

The Head of Strategic Planning and Results-Based Management is a position of very high significance to International IDEA’s strategy and its implementation.

The Senior Advisor will be stationed at Headquarters, Stockholm Sweden  under the direct supervision of the Director of Global Programmes and work with the entire institute to address diversity issues and bring in the diversity perspective in global, regional and country programmes.

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.&

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.