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A prominent Namibian politician and former Ambassador, Nora Schimming-Chase, called for the formation of a separate women’s political party at an event in honour of the Centenary Celebration of International Women’s Day.

The National Democratic Institute withdrew on March 17 from a Ukrainian working group developing a new election law.

The Women's Caucus of the Constituent Assembly (CA) has published its position paper entitled - Women's Rights and Agenda to be incorporated in the New Constitution.

UNDP Viet Nam country office is looking for an International Gender Expert with the deadline submission for application on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 5 PM.

Local elections on May 8 in Albania are an opportunity to put more women in public office in a country with one of the lowest percentages of elected women in Europe.

International IDEA is looking to commission a regional analysis/case studies on political parties' constitutions/policy documents/manifestos, rules and regulations/procedures and practices from a gender perspective.

UPDATE:

In a bid to lend support to the process of electoral reform in Tunisia as preparations get under way for the election of a Constituent Assembly on 24 July 2011, the IPU dispatched an expert mission to the country from 22 to 24 March 2011.

Political participation, economic empowerment and ending violence against women emphasized as key to gender equality in meetings with US legislators

The Executive Director of UN Women, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, on Friday commended women for their role in the pro-democracy protest movements that have swept across North Africa and the Middle East. She, however, said their rights and leadership potential must continue to be encouraged.