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https://www.idea.int/news/political-participation-indigenous-women-pending-debt-panamanian-democracy
August 12, 2026
Political Participation of Indigenous Women: A Pending Debt of Panamanian Democracy

Democracy cannot be measured solely by the right to vote. It must also be measured by who participates in decision-making, who has access to spaces of power, and what obstacles continue to prevent certain voices from being heard.

https://www.idea.int/news/promoting-gender-parity-and-political-participation-indigenous-women-ngabe-bugle-comarca
August 12, 2026
Promoting gender parity and political participation of indigenous women in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
To build consensus around proposals that advance equality and strengthen women’s leadership, the Dialogue on Gender Parity and Indigenous Women’s Participation was held in San Félix, Chiriquí.
https://www.idea.int/news/report-womens-political-participation-panama
August 4, 2026
Report on women’s political participation in Panama
As part of their commitment to advancing gender equality, International IDEA and the Institute of Democratic Studies (INED) of Panama’s Electoral Tribunal present the Report on Women’s Political Participation in Panama’s 2024 Elections.
https://lac.unwomen.org/en/stories/noticia/2025/12/dialogo-regional-en-panama-llama-a-una-accion-decidida-para-transformar-las-normas-sociales-wyde
January 12, 2026
Regional dialogue in Panama calls for bold action to transform social norms preventing women in all their diversity to equally participate in decision-making across Latin America and the Caribbean

“As highlighted by CEDAW General Recommendation No. 40, parity and the full participation of women are the only way to guarantee the exercise of all other rights.