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Women around the world make up over half of the total population, but their numbers in decision-making positions are yet to reach equality with men. Paraguay is no exception. In recent years the number of female candidates at all levels is on the rise but results from last year’s General Elections show a relative stagnation in the number of women elected to office. Presently all 17 governors are men, and there was only one female governor in the previous administration.

International Women’s Day presents an opportunity to take stock and reinforce the sought-after goals for women’s empowerment in all spheres of life. The global pursuit to #BalanceforBetter can only be attained when there is zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against women and girls, when there is no impunity for violence against all women and girls, not because they are daughters, sisters, wives or mothers but simply because they are human.

The key findings on political gender equality derived from the most recent update to the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) Indices data are as follows.

La presente edición del Boletín de Justicia Electoral de IDEA Internacional presenta artículos, estudios de caso, una revisión de literatura y números temáticos de revistas sobre los efectos

El director para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA Internacional, Daniel Zovatto, señala, en tanto, que una presión norteamericana “bien calibrada y coordinada con el Grupo de Lima” es necesaria para ayudar a resolver la grave crisis de Venezuela.

This issue of the GSoD In Focus explores the contribution that the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) Indices can make to the review of progress on the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In various countries, the electoral behaviour of citizens who live outside their nation of origin—the diaspora—has played a key role in the success of political parties in their home countries.

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Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

Does a crisis of representation loom over Swedish and Belgian politics? On Tuesday, 5 February 2019, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag, Andreas Norlén, visited the Belgian Chamber of Representatives. The occasion for the visit was the opening of the exhibition on ‘One hundred years of Swedish democracy’. In his keynote speech, International IDEA’s Secretary-General analysed the state of Europe’s democracy.

On Sunday, 3 February 2019, presidential elections were held in El Salvador. The victorious candidate with 53 per cent of the votes—according to the preliminary results—was to Nayib Bukele Ortez and his running mate, Felix Ulloa Garay, from the Great Alliance for National Unity (GANA).

El domingo 3 de febrero se celebraron elecciones presidenciales en El Salvador. La fórmula victoriosa—según datos preliminares—fue la de Nayib Bukele Ortez y Félix Ulloa Garay, de la Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional (Gana), con 53 por ciento de los votos.

El Salvador celebra elecciones presidenciales (presidente y vicepresidente) el próximo domingo 3 de febrero. Poco más de 5.2 millones de ciudadanos están convocados a elegir al sucesor de Salvador Sánchez Cerén y de Óscar Ortiz. Se trata de la sexta contienda presidencial desde la firma de los Acuerdos de Paz en 1992. El Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) se juega su continuidad en el poder, que detenta desde 2009.

El Salvador will have its presidential elections (for president and vice president) next Sunday, 3 February 2019. Just over 5.2 million citizens are being called to elect the successor of Salvador Sánchez Cerén and Óscar Ortiz. This is the sixth presidential race since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1992. The continuity of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), which has been in power since 2009, is at stake.

En nuestros días, la situación política de América Latina es radicalmente diferente a la de hace 40 años. Con luces y sombras, la democracia se ha consolidado como la forma mayoritaria de gobierno y, pese a algunas fallas, América Latina puede presumir por primera vez 4 décadas de regímenes democráticos.

Nineteen African countries are scheduled to hold either a presidential, parliamentary or local council elections in 2019.

Young political and civil society activists gathered to analyze digital rights agendas, gender, diversity and youth, with a viewpoint on democratic innovation, an activity jointly organized by Asuntos del Sur, Hivos, Fundación Avina, Fundación Internet Bolivia and International IDEA.

Jóvenes militantes en la política y activistas de sociedad civil se reunieron para analizar las agendas de derechos digitales, género, diversidades y juventudes, en la perspectiva de la innovación democrática, una actividad co-organizada por Asuntos del Sur, Hivos, Fundación Avina, Fundación Internet Bolivia e IDEA Internacio

El programa de IDEA Internacional Bolivia promovió la realización de un Encuentro entre los Embajadores de los países donantes y la Sala Plena del Tribunal Supremo Electoral en el que la Presidenta Mgt. María Eugenia Choque efectuó una amplia explicación de los avances institucionales realizados en la gestión 2018, resaltando el trabajo efectuado por IDEA Internacional, que canaliza proyectos financiados por Suecia, España y la Unión Europea.

International IDEA’s programme in Bolivia advanced the fulfillment of an encounter between Ambassadors of donor countries and the Full Chamber of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), during which its president, María Eugenia Choque delivered a broad explanation of the institutional advances accomplished during the 2018 administration, highlighting the work carried out by International IDEA,which directs projects financed by Spain, Sweden and the European Union.