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- Gender quotas: getting the numbers and balance right!
(What's new, May 3, 2010)
On 8 March 2010, International IDEA’s Office of the Permanent Observer to the UN is hosting a panel discussion to mark International Women’s Day at UN headquarters for the launch of the revamped Global Database of Quotas for Women.
- Politics and parties: without equality, far from parity
(Feature article, March 8, 2010)
The new decade begins with the election of another woman president. Laura Chinchilla, candidate for the Partido Liberación Nacional, became chief executive of Costa Rica with 46.8 percent of the vote. In Chile, meanwhile, Michelle Bachelet is ending her term with an approval rating of 83 percent. Their stories are no longer mere anecdotes, but are charting a new course for women in Latin American politics.
- Política y partidos: ajenos a la igualdad, distantes de la paridad
(Feature article, March 8, 2010)
La nueva década en ciernes se inaugura con la elección de otra mujer a una Presidencia de la República. Laura Chinchilla, candidata del Partido Liberación Nacional, ha llegado al poder en Costa Rica con el 46.8% de los votos. Por otro lado, en Chile, Michele Bachelet concluye su mandato con niveles de aprobación que alcanzan el 83%. Estas trayectorias dejan de ser anécdotas para convertirse en los nuevos derroteros para las mujeres en la política latinoamericana.
- The empowerment and advancement of women
(Editorial, March 8, 2010)
On the surface, 2010 may look like a good year for women in democratic political systems around the world. At the same time, headline-grabbing achievements of women attaining executive power mask a global reality of lack of representation of women in political life.
- International Women’s Day 2010
(Feature article, March 5, 2010)
International IDEA pays tribute to women of the world on International Women’s Day (8th March) with the theme this year being Travelling the road towards the empowerment and advancement of women.
- Carter Center and International IDEA Statement on Andean-US Cooperation (en/sp)
(What's new, March 5, 2010)
Responding to a joint initiative of the Carter Center and International IDEA to strengthen cooperation relations between the Andean countries and the United States, approximately forty citizens of these countries met in Atlanta on 23 and 24 February, 2010.
- Partnership between IDEA and Ombudsman’s Office focuses on gender equality
(What's new, March 3, 2010)
International IDEA has established a partnership with the Peruvian Ombudsman’s Office to review the implementation of gender quotas and make recommendations to the National Electoral Jury (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones), as well as to train Ombudsman’s Office staff and journalists about gender discrimination in electoral campaigns.
- More Women in Politics for Complete Democracy
(What's new, February 26, 2010)
Complete democracy can only be achieved if there is an appropriate number of women in politics and government, said IDEA secretary general Vidar Helgesen. His organisation is committed to addressing the challenge where women are not adequately represented in spheres of power.
- Nepali women participate more fully
(What's new, February 25, 2010)
The Constituent Assembly Women’s Caucus in Nepal has been actively working to ensure that women’s issues become entrenched across all avenues of the Constituent Assembly’s work. To this end, the caucus recently held workshops on the electoral system and quota provisions, federalism and state restructuring, and inclusion and human rights.
- Bolivian women ready for politics: parties still need to be prodded
(What's new, February 23, 2010)
International IDEA’s Bolivia programme is working with a network of women’s organizations to mainstream gender equality into all aspects of political life. One notable success was the Mujeres listas para las listas (Women Ready for the Ballot) campaign, launched by the Women’s Coordinating Committee, which resulted in a legal provision for gender equality on party candidate lists.
- Sudan: training female candidates
(What's new, February 22, 2010)
240 female candidates from six political parties in Sudan received training in campaigning skills and the management of election campaigns at a series of workshops in February 2010.
- New IDEA Board Member Margot Wallström says, “UN resolutions lack teeth”
(What's new, February 20, 2010)
International IDEA’s new board member, Margot Wallström, paid a visit to the Institute’s headquarters in Stockholm on 17 February 2010 and spent time getting to know the staff and programmes. We took the opportunity to interview her for this newsletter.
- Laura Chinchilla: First Female President in Costa Rica
(What's new, February 15, 2010)
Costa Rica will have its first female President Laura Chinchilla Miranda, from the ruling party Liberación Nacional (PLN). She was elected on 7 February 2010 in exemplary and peaceful elections.
- The EU, gender and democracy building
(What's new, February 15, 2010)
This article summarizes the gender-related findings of the International IDEA project “Democracy in Development – global consultations on the EU’s role in democracy building.”
- Gauging gender media bias in elections
(What's new, February 15, 2010)
Women who ran for office in Latin American countries have complained about biased - or non-existent - media coverage. A multi-country study sponsored by International IDEA and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is taking a closer look at the problem, gathering data that can be used to help improve election coverage.
- International IDEA organizes BRIDGE Training for Election Administrators in Africa
(Feature article, February 1, 2010)
2009 has been a very productive year for BRIDGE training courses in Africa. International IDEA in partnership with the African Union launched an ambitious BRIDGE programme which trained 122 participants from 35 African countries during 2009.
- In Remembrance
(Feature article, January 18, 2010)
We mourn the passing of our dear friend and former staff member from Italy, Mr. Guido Galli, Political Affairs Officer, UN Headquarters, Haiti who tragically died in the earthquake on 12 January 2010.
- EU’s Conclusions on democracy support echo recommendations of International IDEA-led global consultations
(Editorial, December 17, 2009)
The recent conclusions of the European Union’s Council on Democracy Support in the EU’s External Relations (Brussels, 17 November 2009) are a significant step in the right direction – a step that International IDEA warmly welcomes and sees as a strong echo of its own process of global consultations on the role of the EU in democracy building.
- Democracy at crossroads: the challenge of illicit finance in politics
(Feature article, December 11, 2009)
Rarely has an International IDEA event managed to connect so directly a major political concern of a Member State with an emerging global challenge to democracy. It was a courageous and farsighted move on the part of President Calderón to propose, at the very beginning of Mexico’s chairmanship of International IDEA’s Council, “Illicit Finance in Politics” as the theme of the 2009 Democracy Round Table.
- Women’s political participation in Colombia: a challenging road ahead
(What's new, December 7, 2009)
In the IPU’s international ranking of women’s political participation in parliaments, Colombia shares 111th place with the Republic of Congo and Armenia. It is the lowest-ranking Latin American country in that survey. Against this backdrop, the UNDP-International IDEA project in Colombia has for some years been working to increase women’s political representation and inclusion.
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