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Policy dialogue in Ramallah to strengthen women's presence in public life

Created by Foundation's Team 2054 days ago

...to the decision-making, while advocating for the raise of women’s quotas in elected bodies to 30% inst...and the Euro-Mediterranean Academic and Scientific Network on Women and Gender (Réseau universitaire...

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ADWAR concludes its programs of awareness-raising workshops and meetings to exchange experiences with local political leaders

Created by Sahar AlKawasmeh 2762 days ago

...positions in order to work on the improvement of services responsive to gender needs.  The director ge...councils to present women to run for the local elections and to impose quotas. It had also contributed to t...

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Learning exchanges between Euro-Med associations to promote gender equality

Created by Foundation's Team 2961 days ago

...between associations working for gender equality which consists in sh...face similar problems to advance gender equality despite working in a...ormal sector, in partnership with Gender Alternatives Foundation (Bulg...anon) is campaigning for a law on quotas for women in partnership with...

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WEBPAGE: The Quota Project

Created by Foundation's Team 3062 days ago

...women’s rights activists, gender equality advocates, and elect...n easily accessible resource on gender quotas.   The project inc...rmation on the various types of quotas in existence today, detailing.... Only countries with electoral gender quotas will be found on this web sit...

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Ireland: Department of Justice and Equality. Gender Equality Division

Created by Foundation's Team 3493 days ago

Gender equality is enshrined in the Irish C...n. The Irish government, through the Gender Equality Division of the Depa...r of elected women through candidate quotas. It is from this perspective...on were established to fight against gender-based discrimination....

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Women's Political Presence in the Arab Mediterranean Region: Governance, Contentious Politics, and Agency

Created by Foundation's Team 1489 days ago

...tions with the capacity to influence legislation, and the adoption of gender quotas and proportional representati...r old and emerging forms of governance. It highlights demands for new gendered social contracts, more resp...

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The Electoral Quota - A Form of Gender Quota to Increase Women's Participation in Parliament: A Quantitative Study from a Survey in the Middle East

Created by Foundation's Team 1539 days ago

...within the context of Islam. Gender is construed as a classificat...ities, and states, which have gender in itself, as an organizing p...ejected as a valid search for gender sameness or equality. Based o...dle East countries, electoral quotas and seats occupied in previou...

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Women at the Top 2012

Created by Foundation's Team 3338 days ago

...ns, the self-employed, the media and NGOs. Finally, the report monitors gender-related initiatives made to e...the presence of women in senior positions, such as the establishment of quotas.

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The Electoral Quota - A Form of Gender Quota to Increase Women's Participation in Parliament: A Quantitative Study from a Survey in the Middle East / Le quota électoral - une forme de quota de genre pour augmenter la participation des femmes au Parlement : étude quantitative à partir d'un sondage...

Created by Foundation's Team 1539 days ago

This research focuses on the impact of political parties and electoral quotas on women’s political participation within the context of Islam. Gender is construed as a classification of being a woman or a man not merely by biological identification but one that is embedded within ...