El pasado martes 10 de marzo, la presidenta Michelle Bachelet de Chile, creó el Consejo Asesor Presidencial contra los conflictos de interés, tráfico de influencias y corrupción respondiendo a su compromiso de tomar medidas institucionales que regulen las relaciones entre el dinero y la política, tanto en el ámbito público como en el de los negocios.
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On 10 March 2015, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet created the Presidential Advisory Council against conflict of interests, influence peddling, and corruption. This recent development is very much in keeping with her commitment in taking institutional measures to regulate the relationship between money and politics in both the political and businesses spheres.
El estado de ánimo de América Latina está cambiando. En sólo tres años la región pasó de la euforia por su futuro económico a un optimismo mucho más moderado e incluso cauto. Este nuevo escenario abre una serie de interrogantes para América Latina: ¿Cómo puede reactivar su crecimiento a pesar de la baja estructural de los precios de los commodities? Dada la menor expansión económica, ¿podrá la región sostener, e incluso profundizar, los avances sociales conquistados en los últimos años?
Latin America’s frame of mind is changing. In only three years the region has passed from a state of euphoria about its economic future to a much more moderate optimism and even caution. This new scenario presents a series of questions for Latin America concerning how it can reactivate its growth despite the structural drop in prices of commodities. Given lower economic expansion, can the region deepen, or even sustain, the social progress achieved in the last years?
The elections of 12 October 2014, have reconfigured the conformation of the Bolivian parliament, in which women reached 51 per cent representation in the Legislative Assembly, placing the country in the second place worldwide in the scope of parity, preceded only by Rwanda with 64 per cent and followed by Andorra with 50.0 per cent, Cuba with 49 per cent and Seychelles with 44 per cent.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is pleased to join you in the commemoration of the International Women's Day.
As International Women’s Day comes around once again – what milestones and achievements in terms of women in politics can we celebrate from 2014?
The year 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the 4thWorld Conference on Women where the progressive blueprint on advancing women’s rights – the Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action – was articulated and agreed upon. Twenty years after the landmark adoption of this ambitious expression of aspirations that no country in the world has fully achieved, “it is still a long way to go” on this journey for advancing women’s rights in all spheres of life.
Sixteen Latin American countries currently have a legal measure (parity or affirmative action) to try to increase the number of women nominated. However, the impact on women´s chances of getting elected to office is as of yet unverified. In 2014, seven Latin American countries held presidential and/or parliamentary elections: Costa Rica, Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, Bolivia, Brazil and Uruguay.
On 27 November 2014, the Mexican Senate passed a bill amending the Federal Constitution in order to guarantee equal participation of indigenous women in electoral processes. The bill was initiated by Deputy Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza, a member of the Federal Chamber of Deputies and a Zapotec indigenous who has been involved in an inspiring fight against social and political marginalization of indigenous women in Mexico.
Money is among the greatest threats to democracy in today’s politics, globally. Money determines the ability of candidates to compete and/or win an election. When it comes to the underlying factors behind gender inequalities in politics, the obstacles faced by women to raise or access funds is one of the greatest barriers compared to most of their male counterparts.
Citizenship is critical to exercise and enjoy the rights and privileges granted by the state. Nepal is one of 27 countries in the world (including Libya, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sudan) whose laws and/or practices prevent women from passing citizenship rights to their children.
On 18 January 2015, International IDEA Secretary-General Leterme presented the first edition of the ‘English-Myanmar Glossary of Democratic Terms’ to experts who contributed to it at International IDEA’s Myanmar office.
Tunis, Tunisia | The National Constituent Assembly (NCA) was elected in 2011 and included 59 women out of 217 members. During the three-year rule of the NCA, the number of female members grew from 59 to 67 in 2014, as all male members of the government who left their posts were replaced by the candidate succeeding them on their respective list (built using a zip list system where male and female candidates alternate down the list).
In a democratic society words are the weapons we use to achieve change and words have therefore significant potential power. Words are not just symbols to communicate with, they also structure our way of thinking and make sense of our worlds. The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein aptly summarizes this line of thought when he said “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world”.
This Discussion Paper examines the European Union’s approach to supporting rule of law and good governance reforms in non-member countries.
El fin de la “década dorada” (2003-2013) que vive América Latina, en especial Sudamérica, está cambiando el estado de ánimo y no necesariamente para mejor. Ello es consecuencia de las importantes modificaciones del contexto económico y político global, así como de la situación interna de los países. En pocos años, la región pasó de la euforia al optimismo moderado e incluso cauto de nuestros días.
The end of the “golden decade” (2003-2013) in Latin America, especially in South America, is changing the mood and not necessarily for the better. This is the result of major changes in the global economic and political context as well as the domestic situation in the different countries. In a few short years, the region moved from euphoria to the moderate and even cautious optimism prevailing today.
International IDEA, the Woodrow Wilson Center, El País from Spain and Channel NTN 24 held the “Latin America's Electoral Cycle 2014-15” Forum, at the Wilson Center (Washington D.C.) on February 10, 2015. The forum’s objective was to analyze the region’s 2014 ‘electoral super-cycle’, and to discuss the upcoming presidential elections in Argentina and Guatemala, and parliamentary elections in Venezuela.