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North Africa and Middle East

October 21, 2015
Women for Change: Two projects in favor of women in South of the Mediterranean win

The Women for Change award is a joi

March 30, 2015
International IDEA - Senior Programme Officer - Democracy and Gender

International IDEA’s West Asia and North Africa programme began in 2011 and has been working to support women in politics since as the objective of gender equality is indivisible from International IDEA’s goal of sustainable democracy worldwide.

CSW 59
March 12, 2015
Libyan woman gives opening address at UN 59th session of Commission on the Status of Women

“As we open this 59th session of the Commission on the

Kurdish politician Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman Photo: Linkedin/Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman
February 19, 2015
Meet the Kurdish female politician fighting the Islamic State

Kurdish politician Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman tells Sofia Barbarani how her family were murdered in a terrorist attack and why she's battling Isil.

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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

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

Ruth Colian-Photo by Tomer Appelbaum
January 20, 2015
Israel's first ever ultra-Orthodox women’s party makes bold debut

The first-ever Israeli political party dedicated to ultra-Orthodox women, was unveiled Monday.

Gender quotas in single-member district electoral systems

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December 11, 2014

Gender quotas in single-member district electoral systems

Conventional knowledge on the effectiveness of gender quotas for enhancing women’s political participation has, to date, been unanimous on the superiority of quotas in proportional representat

Conventional knowledge on the effectiveness of gender quotas for enhancing women’s political participation has, to date, been unanimous on the superiority of quotas in proportional representat