"Full gender equality will not be achieved unless there is a true mobilization to correct imbalances, said former Irish President Mary Robinson in an interview with EurActiv...
"Let me summarise the value of women's representation by quoting a passage from a recent report of National Democratic Institute (NDI) on democracy and the challenges of change. The report draws on case studies around the world, and long experience in training women for democracy, and puts the case in this way..."
Young Iraqi women aspiring to political careers are getting a boost from a new Young Women’s Leadership School launched recently with the help of NDI Iraq staff member Ferdos Majeed.
Afghan women candidates speak at a pre-election rally in Kabul.
Where women have gained a political voice around the world, there have been tangible gains for democracy, including greater responsiveness to citizen needs, increased cooperation across party and ethnic lines, and more sustainable peace.
After several months of controversy and delays in the certification of election results, 249 members have now taken their seats in Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga or lower house of parliament. Among them are Farida Hamidi and Frishta Amini, two women who make up the entire delegation from Nimroz province in the far southwest corner of the country.
Despite their 20 percent share of the population, Mayan women in Guatemala have limited political and economic power. They have the country’s highest rates of poverty and illiteracy, and, according to an NDI-supported study, are far less likely to vote than any other sector of the population. Only four of 158 deputies in Congress are Mayan women and only one of 333 mayors.
Drawing on its 25 years of experience in the women’s political participation field, NDI has released a new guide for democracy practitioners to help them develop and carry out effective programs to bring more women into government and politics.
Afghan women candidates speak at a pre-election rally in Kabul.
Frishta Amini (left) and Farida Hamidi (right) from Nimroz province
