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Survey finds that gender gaps in political interest reduce after women’s representation doubles in Uruguay

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March 30, 2020

Survey finds that gender gaps in political interest reduce after women’s representation doubles in Uruguay

The below findings and graph are from the book Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens, authored by Magda Hinojosa and Miki Caul Kittilson and released in 2020.

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The below findings and graph are from the book Seeing Women, Strengthening Democracy: How Women in Politics Foster Connected Citizens, authored by Magda Hinojosa and Miki Caul Kittilson and released in 2020.

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Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Gabriela Cuevas discuss women in politics

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March 30, 2020

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Gabriela Cuevas discuss women in politics

The new Women in Politics Map from the IPU and UN Wom

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The new Women in Politics Map from the IPU and UN Wom

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Video on Women, Peace and Security

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March 30, 2020

Video on Women, Peace and Security

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325).

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325).

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Five things you can do to improve gender equality in leadership

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March 30, 2020

Five things you can do to improve gender equality in leadership

This video on SDG 5 "Gender Equality" looks at how you can take concrete actions to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportun

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This video on SDG 5 "Gender Equality" looks at how you can take concrete actions to ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportun

How many women are in your parliament?

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March 27, 2020

How many women are in your parliament?

Over the last 25 years, since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by the United Nations i

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Over the last 25 years, since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by the United Nations i

March 27, 2020
Numbers of women in parliament remain low in Caucasus and Central Asia

The presence of women in parliaments across the Caucasus and Central Asia has risen in the last 25 years, albeit slowly: in most countries in the region, between 15 and 25 percent of their MPs are women.

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March 27, 2020
How suffragists raced to secure women's right to vote ahead of the 1920 election

The year 1917 was highly consequential for the suffrage movement.

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March 27, 2020
‘Opening a door that was closed too long’: the hunt for a female vice-president

Hours after the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign and all but assured the next American president would be a white man in his 70s, a group of influential Democratic women gathered for dinner at a Spanish restauran

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Women in parliament: 1995–2020 - 25 years in review

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March 26, 2020

Women in parliament: 1995–2020 - 25 years in review

This year’s report looks back at 25 years of women in parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conference and its groundbreaking action plan for gender equality.

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This year’s report looks back at 25 years of women in parliament on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Beijing conference and its groundbreaking action plan for gender equality.

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