Six years of close collaboration between International IDEA and the Gender Policy Unit at the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice in Paraguay has strengthened women’s leadership and political empowerment, helping women gain access to popularly elected and decision-making positions.
Joint initiatives have trained 668 women leaders and given visibility to women in the political debate. In the five elections conducted in 2023, 33 per cent of the candidates were women, and 23.5 per cent of them were elected as congresswomen. This is the highest-ever percentage of women in the Paraguayan Parliament, having increased by 57 per cent from the last election in 2018.
Read here the full article published by International IDEA on 23 April 2024.
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