Electoral management bodies (EMBs) are responsible for ensuring a level playing field for political representation and meaningful participation across the entire electoral cycle. Yet, International IDEA data shows that only 22% of EMBs themselves are chaired by women.
Mayor participación política de las mujeres, inclusión de sus voces y necesidades y eliminación de la violencia contra la mujer, son los temas abordados en obras de micro teatro que serán ampliamente difundidas en todo el Perú.
In most societies across all parts of the world, gender inequalities and discrimination against women remain deeply entrenched as societies are characterised by systems, processes and practices marked by gender based discriminatory mindsets.
Political gender equality is a central pillar of democracy, as all people, independently of gender, should have an equal say in political representation and decision-making. In practice, democracies are generally better at guaranteeing gender equality than most non-democratic regimes.
Los órganos electorales (OE) son responsables de garantizar la igualdad de condiciones para la representación política y la participación significativa durante todo el ciclo electoral. Sin embargo, los datos de IDEA Internacional muestran que solo el 22% de los OE están presididos por mujeres.
Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa (Women in Political Participation (WPP)) is a Pan-African gender project on the different facets of Women and Politics in Africa. Funded by Sida and implemented by International IDEA, it aims to advance gender equality in politics and governance, in line with the Maputo Protocol of 2003, various associated sub-regional protocols and standards, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
On International Women’s Day, we recognize the key roles Filipino indigenous women play in their communities and beyond. With approximately 17 million Indigeneous Peoples (IP) living in the Philippines, the highest IP population are in the Bangsamoro and Cordillera regions.
Throughout their life, indigenous women face multiple layers of social discrimination, economic marginalization, and political disempowerment that must be addressed on the institutional and legislative level.
The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women must be at the heart of our effort to strengthen democracy worldwide. Through behaviorally informed interventions, we can help small changes in the way legislatures oversee the use of public funds make a big difference in gender equality in the long run.
After a quarter of a century of democratic experience that followed another 25 years of a revolutionary process that put women’s emancipation at the centre of the revolutionary discourse, women in Mozambique still face social, economic and political exclusions that impact their participation and representation in politics in general and in electoral processes in particular, while constituting 51 per cent[1] of the population and 53 o
International IDEA’s recent report and video highlight that levelling the financial field for men and women
En las conclusiones del VI Foro Internacional de Santo Domingo se resaltaron los desafíos que enfrenta América Latina para salir de un panorama sombrío, lleno de incertidumbres, por los efectos que arrastra su situación económica y social, antes y después de la pandemia. Y porque todavía no se sabe el impacto que tendrá en sus economías y democracias el enfrentamiento bélico de Rusia y Ucrania.
SANTO DOMINGO.- La región latinoamericana necesita una recuperación económica que le permita avanzar, para lo cual requiere de inversiones extranjeras de calidad, según Jorge Sahd, director del Centro de Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Afirmó que América Latina será la que tendrá el menor crecimiento económico en su continente.
Women make up over half of Myanmar’s population, yet significant obstacles remain for women to be able to participate in political processes and to achieve equal representation in Myanmar’s state institutions. Before the military coup on 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s 2020 general elections saw an increased number of women elected as members in legislatures (16 per cent) in comparison to the 2015 elections (13 per cent).
La Junta de asesores de IDEA Internacional celebró su primera reunión del año el 24 de febrero de 2022. Como parte de esta reunión, la Junta dio la bienvenida a cinco nuevos miembros y eligió al Sr. Christian Leffler como nuevo Presidente de la Junta de Asesores.
The 22 years old Saraswati Nepali is the mom of two kids and lives approximately five hours' drive (and five hours walk) away from the headquarter of Karnali Province, Surkhet—a place that paid the heaviest of prices in the 10 year-long armed conflict from 1996-2006. Her first son is eight years old, and her second son is four and half years old, almost as old as her term of office as a ward member in Shiwalaya Rural Municipality (RM) of Karnali Province.
After months of anticipation, on 16 January the presidential election in Timor-Leste was called for 19 March 2022. Electors will choose between 16 candidates—four women and twelve men—running for the post of President. Should no candidate receive a majority, the country will see a run-off one month later on 19 April.
By partner organizations in the Global Democracy Coalition and others in solidarity with Ukraine and its people
International IDEA’s Board of Advisers held its first meeting of the year on 24 February 2022. As part of this meeting, the Board welcomed five new Members and elected Mr Christian Leffler as the new Chair of the Board of Advisers.
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) made a statement during the 11th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly, which was convened from 28 February – 2 March 2022 at the United Nations after a failure of the UN Security Council to pass resolution S/2022/155 to condemn the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
International IDEA, together with our funding partners and civil society organizations (CSOs), have been convening an annual National Forum on Women in Politics (NFWP) in Fiji since 2018.
