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She ran she won: identifying and overcoming obstacles to getting elected to parliament

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February 12, 2015

She ran she won: identifying and overcoming obstacles to getting elected to parliament

iKNOW Politics has compiled video testimonies from women parliamentarians from all over the globe to create this video on identifying and overcoming obstacles that women women face when seeking ele

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iKNOW Politics has compiled video testimonies from women parliamentarians from all over the globe to create this video on identifying and overcoming obstacles that women women face when seeking ele

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Conquering Politics #LikeAGirl

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It wasn’t my proudest parenting moment: I stood on the ice surface in the community arena shaking with anger as bewildered hockey players, parents, and coaches looked on.  I had just confronted the six-year boy who had, for the third time, crosschecked my daughter in a novice hockey game.  (My mother bear instincts had overpowered me and I had marched onto the ice during play.)  The boy’s parents also rushed onto the ice surface in his defense.  Their rationale: “He was frustrated that a little girl – my little girl – was out-ska

Conquering Politics #LikeAGirl

A woman places her ballot into the Pyithu Hluttaw representative election box in the April 2012 by-elections.
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Hopes women will enter Myanmar politics

There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.

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Women, Peace and Security: Seeking Synergy with the Reviews on Peace Operations and Peacebuilding

Speech by Deputy Executive Director of UN Women, Lakshmi Puri at a panel organized by the Netherlands on “Women Peace and Security: Seeking Synergy with the Reviews on Peace Operations and Peacebuilding,” 20 January 2015, New York.

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