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Established in 2007, iKNOW Politics is a joint project of International IDEA, the Inter- parliamentary Union (IPU), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Since March 2024, iKNOW Politics is funded by the European Union under the WYDE | Women’s Leadership initiative.

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THEMATIC WEBINAR: PRESENTING FINDINGS OF FACT SHEETS ON GENDER SOCIAL NORMS & WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND REPRESENTATION

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is organising a second webinar under the Women and Youth Democratic Engagement (WYDE) – Women’s Leadership…

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Achieving Gender Equality in Nationality Laws during the 75th session of the UN General Assembly
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COVID-19 and democracy: Can parliaments come to the rescue?
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Women rising for democracy
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Global Book Launch: Violence Against Women in Politics
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https://globalvoices.org/2026/06/05/gender-diversity-under-pressure-resistance-community-and-the-politics-of-belonging/
June 19, 2026
Gender diversity under pressure: Resistance, community, and the politics of belonging

Gender has become one of the defining political battlegrounds of our time.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/06/06/the-daughters-who-were-raised-to-be-everything-under-chinas-one-child-policy/
June 19, 2026
The daughters who were raised to be everything under China’s one-child policy

Ziyu, born in 2002, still remembers the first time her mother asked whether she wanted a younger sibling.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/06/12/for-lgbtq-people-in-egypt-the-internet-is-both-a-lifeline-and-a-trap/
June 19, 2026
For LGBTQ+ people in Egypt, the internet is both a lifeline and a trap

Years before Jan (preferred pronoun “he”), a 33-year-old non-binary Egyptian, came out or even knew about the LGBTQ+ community, he would search online for people like him. He often found himself deceived by strangers on social media — people pretending to be LGBTQ+, or men posing as women.

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