Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post

Participation in electoral politics has declined across Western Europe in recent decades as citizens have become increasingly disillusioned with conventional forms of politics.

Editorial by Charles Chauvel, Advisor for Parliamentary Development, UNDP

As an implementing partner of iKNOW Politics, UNDP calls attention to its newly-adopted gender equality strategy for the period 2014-2017. The strategy seeks to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment are integrated into every aspect of UNDP’s work to support countries in eradicating poverty and reducing inequalities and exclusion...

The document reflects on how Rwandan women have secured big gains in the halls of power, although challenges remain.

Dec. 5 was the 79th anniversary of the day Turkish women were granted the right to vote and to be elected. 

The confusion in the domestic and external agenda caused this gain to be celebrated less than it deserved. 

The likely victory of Michelle Bachelet in Chile’s presidential elections will strengthen women’s political power in Latin America, a region where while progressing, still sees millions of women as the victims of discrimination and violence.

The women of Afghanistan today aren’t the same women of 2001. They’ve expanded their access to health care, education, justice, and political power.

Even though women have advanced in terms of the quality and quantity of their political participation in almost every country in the world, some of them are still experiencing gender based harassment and violence in politics.