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18th Annual Conference 2009 Women, Gender and Political Spaces: Historical Perspectives

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18th Annual Conference 2009 Women, Gender and Political Spaces: Historical Perspectives

Within recent feminist scholarship considerable attention has been paid to the role of gender in constructing social space.

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Fourth Annual Women's Leadership Conference

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Fourth Annual Women's Leadership Conference

Women's Leadership and Empowerment Conference 2009 is a three-day program, which consists of three components: study session "women's leadership and empowerment of disadvantaged groups", presentati

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Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program

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Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program

Empower Peace is now accepting applications for its 4th Annual Women2Women America conference, to be held August 1-8, 2009, at Lesley University in Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA .

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Getting Ahead: Testimonials of Women in Politics (Trailer)

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March 9, 2009

Getting Ahead: Testimonials of Women in Politics (Trailer)

iKNOW Politics and its partners present the film entitled Getting Ahead: Testimonials from Women in Politics that features incredible stories of women politicians from around the world.

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iKNOW Politics and its partners present the film entitled Getting Ahead: Testimonials from Women in Politics that features incredible stories of women politicians from around the world.

Gender Mainstreaming in the Americas

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February 20, 2009

Gender Mainstreaming in the Americas

This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.

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This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.

Profile of Women Elected to Local Governments in Latin America

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February 18, 2009

Profile of Women Elected to Local Governments in Latin America

This consolidated response is based on the contributions of iKNOW Politics Experts and a complementary research done by the iKNOW Politics team on the profile of women elected to local governments in Latin America.

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This consolidated response is based on the contributions of iKNOW Politics Experts and a complementary research done by the iKNOW Politics team on the profile of women elected to local governments in Latin America.

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Women's Perspectives on Re-invigorating Democracy, Human Rights and Economic Stability

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Women's Perspectives on Re-invigorating Democracy, Human Rights and Economic Stability

The Washington Office on Latin America, Just Associates(JASS),

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From Norms to Good Practices - The challenge of political funding in Latin America

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November 27, 2008

From Norms to Good Practices - The challenge of political funding in Latin America

This study presents the latest in regulations and practices on political parties and electoral campaigns in Latin America.

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This study presents the latest in regulations and practices on political parties and electoral campaigns in Latin America.

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Decentralization and Women's Political Participation

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Decentralization and Women's Political Participation

SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION CIRCLE 2011:

The Discussion Circle on “Decentralization and Women's Political Participation” was initiated in 2008 and concluded in 2010.

The members discussed on the importance to empower and involve women in local government as decision makers, planners and managers to meet the challenges of sustainable human development.

This summary of the discussion circle is based on your contributions and we hope that if you find this interesting you would be interested in participating at other ongoing discussion circles. To read click here.

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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION CIRCLE 2011:

The Discussion Circle on “Decentralization and Women's Political Participation” was initiated in 2008 and concluded in 2010.

The members discussed on the importance to empower and involve women in local government as decision makers, planners and managers to meet the challenges of sustainable human development.

This summary of the discussion circle is based on your contributions and we hope that if you find this interesting you would be interested in participating at other ongoing discussion circles. To read click here.

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