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Wear Red for Women - A campaign to eradicate violence against women

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Wear Red for Women - A campaign to eradicate violence against women

This event will consist of a video presentation on violence against women and brief interventions from the OAS Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza and some OAS Permanent Mission Representatives

Parliaments and Gender Equality: Gender mainstreaming in legislatures

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May 1, 2014

Parliaments and Gender Equality: Gender mainstreaming in legislatures

The experience accumulated by the UNDP with other institutions is synthesized in the proposal we hereby present today: “Parliaments and Gender Equality. Gender mainstreaming in legislatures”.

The experience accumulated by the UNDP with other institutions is synthesized in the proposal we hereby present today: “Parliaments and Gender Equality. Gender mainstreaming in legislatures”.

Social media power youth political participation

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April 28, 2014

Social media power youth political participation

Social media power youth political participation

No digital divide found in participation among ethnic groups

Social media power youth political participation

No digital divide found in participation among ethnic groups

Political Engagement: Building on Momentum to Increase Youth Participation

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April 28, 2014

Political Engagement: Building on Momentum to Increase Youth Participation

Presidential campaigns have been aggressively pursuing youth, reaching new levels in 2008 using innovative outreach methods and coupling the Internet with intense grassroots mobilization.

Presidential campaigns have been aggressively pursuing youth, reaching new levels in 2008 using innovative outreach methods and coupling the Internet with intense grassroots mobilization.

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She should run is the anthem of NWI pols, USA

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She should run is the anthem of NWI pols, USA

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There is an Ethel, a Melanie, a Dana, a Jolie, a Melody, a Nancy, a Judith, and a Margaret who would prefer voters call her Peggy.

Women are all over Lake and Porter county ballots this spring.

Some 51 Democrats and 45 Republicans are competing with men and sometimes other women for the state legislature, county, township and municipal offices May 6.

They represent almost a third of all candidates for public elective offices. More than 25 of them are incumbent officials running for re-election.

There is an Ethel, a Melanie, a Dana, a Jolie, a Melody, a Nancy, a Judith, and a Margaret who would prefer voters call her Peggy.

Women are all over Lake and Porter county ballots this spring.

Some 51 Democrats and 45 Republicans are competing with men and sometimes other women for the state legislature, county, township and municipal offices May 6.

They represent almost a third of all candidates for public elective offices. More than 25 of them are incumbent officials running for re-election.

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National Intergenerational Dialogue on Advancing Youth Participation and Representation in Leadership and Decision-Making

The main purpose of the National Intergenerational Dialogue is to promote intergenerational interactions/exchanges to bridge generational divides and to address the causes of…

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