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December 2, 2020
Ghana: 41% of women in politics have experienced gender-based violence – Survey

The Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) on Tuesday December 1, 2020 launched a research report on “Violence Against Women Within Political Parties”.

The real reason more women should be in politics

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December 2, 2020

The real reason more women should be in politics

I got a very short, provocative email the other day from a former Ontario finance minister, whose privacy I will protect here, since it was a personal note that he sent. He was responding to a piece I’d just written about what it’ll take to get more women into politics.

I got a very short, provocative email the other day from a former Ontario finance minister, whose privacy I will protect here, since it was a personal note that he sent. He was responding to a piece I’d just written about what it’ll take to get more women into politics.

December 2, 2020
Being a woman in politics shouldn’t come with death threats

Domestic extremists planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in October.

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.