Skip to main content

Brazil

World News

Brazil: Parties Fielding Too Few Women in Local Elections

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

Brazil: Parties Fielding Too Few Women in Local Elections

Source:

There are still too few women on the lists of candidates for Brazil’s municipal elections in October. Women candidates for the position of mayor in the Oct. 6 elections represent only 10.3 percent of the total, hardly larger than the 2004 figure of 9.5 percent. And for seats on town councils, the proportion of women candidates has fallen from 22.1 percent in 2004 to 21.9 percent this year.
To read the full article, please visit IPS News .

Print article

There are still too few women on the lists of candidates for Brazil’s municipal elections in October. Women candidates for the position of mayor in the Oct. 6 elections represent only 10.3 percent of the total, hardly larger than the 2004 figure of 9.5 percent. And for seats on town councils, the proportion of women candidates has fallen from 22.1 percent in 2004 to 21.9 percent this year.
To read the full article, please visit IPS News .

World News

BRAZIL: Electoral Reform "Just a Sop" to Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on
Back

BRAZIL: Electoral Reform "Just a Sop" to Women

Source:

The Brazilian government is congratulating itself on the first-stage approval of a draft electoral law that increases women's participation in party politics. However, the women's movement says it introduces no changes to a power structure that excludes women from politics.
To read more please see: Inter Press Service

Print article

The Brazilian government is congratulating itself on the first-stage approval of a draft electoral law that increases women's participation in party politics. However, the women's movement says it introduces no changes to a power structure that excludes women from politics.
To read more please see: Inter Press Service

Event

Interviews

Parliament, the Budget and Gender: Handbook for Parliamentarians

Back
September 2, 2008

Parliament, the Budget and Gender: Handbook for Parliamentarians

This handbook sets out practical examples of parliament's active engagement in the budgetary process.

Print article

This handbook sets out practical examples of parliament's active engagement in the budgetary process.

Political Parties: When do They Work for Women?

Back
August 28, 2008

Political Parties: When do They Work for Women?

This paper analyzes the consideration of gender issues by political parties in Latin America and assesses circumstances under which political parties best incorporate gender demands.

Print article

This paper analyzes the consideration of gender issues by political parties in Latin America and assesses circumstances under which political parties best incorporate gender demands.

Culture Matters – Working with Communities and Faith-based Organizations

Back
June 30, 2008

Culture Matters – Working with Communities and Faith-based Organizations

This report provides insight into integrating cultural analysis in development programmes, especially in the critical areas of gender equity and equality and reproductive health and rights.

Print article

This report provides insight into integrating cultural analysis in development programmes, especially in the critical areas of gender equity and equality and reproductive health and rights.

Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective

Back
April 21, 2008

Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective

This Declaration, known as a pedagogic and debate work tool, is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the following chapters:I.

Print article

This Declaration, known as a pedagogic and debate work tool, is a proposal, in permanent construction, of the Declaration of Human Rights from a Gender Perspective, that integrates the progress related to human rights since 1948. It presents the following chapters:I.

Legislative Advances Ten Years after Cairo

Back
April 21, 2008

Legislative Advances Ten Years after Cairo

This Report evaluates the evolution of the Cairo Program of Action, and focuses on sexual and reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. It identifies and analyzes the normative progress in 20 countries in the region.

Print article

This Report evaluates the evolution of the Cairo Program of Action, and focuses on sexual and reproductive rights and sexual and reproductive health. It identifies and analyzes the normative progress in 20 countries in the region.

Subscribe to Brazil

Upcoming Event:

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…

Explore
Event Countdown
Regional Dialogue on Advancing Transformative Gender Social Norms to Enhance Women and Youth Participation
Explore
Strategies and tools to support women in public life against gender-based violence online and offline
Explore