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December 2, 2020
Tackling online abuse and disinformation targeting women in politics

In 2017, soon after then Ukrainian member of parliament Svitlana Zalishchuk gave a speech to the United Nations on the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict on women, a fake tweet began t

Summary of the e-Discussion on Online Violence Against Women in Politics

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November 27, 2020

Summary of the e-Discussion on Online Violence Against Women in Politics

This e-Discussion raised awareness on the online harassment, abuse, and violence against women in politics by encouraging a dialo

This e-Discussion raised awareness on the online harassment, abuse, and violence against women in politics by encouraging a dialo

Monitoring women's political participation & elections in Africa

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November 27, 2020

Monitoring women's political participation & elections in Africa

Tool by Make Every Woman Count that monitors elections in Africa.

See it here.

Tool by Make Every Woman Count that monitors elections in Africa.

See it here.

Men, power and politics

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November 27, 2020

Men, power and politics

The Men, Power and Politics program guidance is a tool to engage male political leaders as transformative agents of change for gender equality.

The Men, Power and Politics program guidance is a tool to engage male political leaders as transformative agents of change for gender equality.

Interactive map of the latest cases of MPs in danger

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November 26, 2020

Interactive map of the latest cases of MPs in danger

MPs can sometimes be subject to human rights violations, ranging from arbitrary detention and exclusion from public life to even kidnapping and murder in the worst cases.

MPs can sometimes be subject to human rights violations, ranging from arbitrary detention and exclusion from public life to even kidnapping and murder in the worst cases.

November 26, 2020
How Ukraine’s gender quotas work in practice

A businesswoman from the southern city of Kherson, Eremenko has seen Ukraine’s local political system from the inside. After helping the Ukrainian army when war broke out in the east of the country in 2014, she ran for city council in a national political party - but didn’t get in.

November 26, 2020
Men's forum pushes for more women in politics

Men’s Forum on Gender is pushing for the enactment of electoral laws that compel political parties to implement the 50/50 gender representation in their structures before being allowed to contest in an election.

Eliminating violence against women in politics: What works and what doesn’t?

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November 25, 2020

Eliminating violence against women in politics: What works and what doesn’t?

Violence against women in politics is an intolerable violation of women’s rights which poses fundamental challenges to democratic values and electoral processes.

Violence against women in politics is an intolerable violation of women’s rights which poses fundamental challenges to democratic values and electoral processes.

November 23, 2020
Somalia: Groups explore ways to increase women's participation in politics

Civil society and human rights activists, legal experts, politicians and youth representatives met in Mogadishu on Sunday to discuss ways to increase and strengthen women's participation in Somalia's politics.

November 23, 2020
'No democracy without women': Priced out of politics in El Salvador

The first time Karla Hernandez ran for office in El Salvador, she kept seeing a male candidate from her party in expensive television adverts, while she scraped by on a shoestring - relying on volunteers to hand out flyers and knock on doors.