Gender, Women and Democracy

Review of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Into the Intimidation of Parliamentary Candidates

On 24 July 2017, the Committee on Standards in Public Life, at the request of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, called for a “Review into the Intimidation of Parliamentary

January 29, 2018

Annual Madeleine K. Albright Luncheon brings global focus to #NotTheCost movement

The birth of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements is shining a light on the prevalence of sexual harassment in the United States across all its sectors, including media, entertainment, the tech industry, the judiciary and politics. However, sexual harassment is a form of violence and a global problem that is not constrained within a single country’s national borders. The United Nations estimates that one in three women around the globe will suffer domestic violence in their lifetime.

November 24, 2017

In Advance of Honduras Elections, Groups Collaborate to Launch Vote for Equality Campaign

Hondurans will head to the polls on November 26 to vote in the country’s general election. On September 26 and 27 -- two months prior to this week’s election -- representatives of civil society organizations gathered in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to launch a campaign titled Vote for Equality. The campaign provides a platform for marginalized populations, pooling their efforts to advocate for equality. The campaign also publishes information on candidate platforms related to inclusion to inform voters in advance of the election.

NDI to Participate Again in 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

The Institute Will Profile the Color Orange in Solidarity with the Global Campaign

NDI Launches Women Mayors’ Network on World Cities Day

WoMN Will Bring Together and Support Women Mayors Who Are #LeadingDifferently

Washington, D.C. -- Today the National Democratic Institute (NDI) marked World Cities Day by launching the Women Mayors’ Network (WoMN), an international, nonpartisan peer network to support women who are running governments at the urban level and who are #LeadingDifferently.

October 4, 2017

NDI’s Madeleine Albright and Sandra Pepera Discuss Violence Against Women in Politics on PBS’s To The Contrary

Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, chairman of NDI’s board of directors, and NDI Director for Gender, Women and Democracy, Sandra Pepera, were featured on PBS’s To The Contrary on Friday, September 29, 2017. The show discussed numerous issues of global importance, including NDI’s #NotTheCost campaign aimed at stopping violence against women in politics.

Violence Against Women in Politics: Research on political parties in Honduras

Democracy, as an ideal of political organization and as a form of coexistence, has historically signaled a demand for greater equality and representation. The contemporary debate on democracy focuses on the capacity or inability of the political system to manage and represent the interests and needs of the population, considering its diversity, as well as the capacity to neutralize the historical structural expressions of inequality and discrimination towards broad sectors of the population.

September 14, 2017

Making Women Safer: NDI Assists Tunisian Legislators to Pass New Law on Eliminating Violence against Women

On July 26, 2017, Tunisia’s Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP) unanimously passed groundbreaking legislation on the Elimination of Violence against Women. After years of debate and deliberation, the new law strengthens penalties against those who commit violence against women, both in the privacy of their home or in public.

NDI Held Two Women-Focused Events in New York

NDI was excited to host two women and gender events in the margins of this year’s United Nations General Assembly.