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Women Candidates selected to run for Labour in the Local Elections 2014, UK

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Women Candidates selected to run for Labour in the Local Elections 2014, UK

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As it stands today, Tuesday 29th April 2014, 187 Labour Party candidates have been selected to run in the Local Elections in May 2014. Currently 55 of these candidates are women which is just under thirty percent (29.4%). Seventeen of the fifty-five female candidates, (31%) are first time candidates. 

Labour Women will be rolling out a range of supports for all our local election candidates including mentoring, training, (wo)man power for help with canvassing and drops and financial support in 2014.

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As it stands today, Tuesday 29th April 2014, 187 Labour Party candidates have been selected to run in the Local Elections in May 2014. Currently 55 of these candidates are women which is just under thirty percent (29.4%). Seventeen of the fifty-five female candidates, (31%) are first time candidates. 

Labour Women will be rolling out a range of supports for all our local election candidates including mentoring, training, (wo)man power for help with canvassing and drops and financial support in 2014.

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Tanzania assesses the State of Local Democracy from a gender perspective

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Tanzania assesses the State of Local Democracy from a gender perspective

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The Tanzanian Centre for Democracy – an organization bringing together all political parties to promote multi-party democracy in Tanzania – will conduct an assessment of local democracy later this year from a gender perspective using International IDEA’s State of Local Democracy (SoLD) assessment framework.

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The Tanzanian Centre for Democracy – an organization bringing together all political parties to promote multi-party democracy in Tanzania – will conduct an assessment of local democracy later this year from a gender perspective using International IDEA’s State of Local Democracy (SoLD) assessment framework.

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MEXICO’S REAMM ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN TO RECEIVE NDI’S 2013 MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT GRANT

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MEXICO’S REAMM ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN TO RECEIVE NDI’S 2013 MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT GRANT

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NDI has announced that it will award its 2013 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to the Network of Support for Women Municipal Leaders (REAMM) of Mexico. The $25,000 grant goes to community-based organizations that create greater roles for women in civic and political life.

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NDI has announced that it will award its 2013 Madeleine K. Albright Grant to the Network of Support for Women Municipal Leaders (REAMM) of Mexico. The $25,000 grant goes to community-based organizations that create greater roles for women in civic and political life.

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