The aim of this project is to provide women’s rights activists, gender equality advocates, and election practitioners with an easily accessible resource on gender quotas. The project includes a Database which provides information on the various types of quotas in exis...
This article casts light on the status of Arab women in the MENA region after the uprisings of 2011. It discusses about the low political representation of women in the transition process, the increasing violence against women, the effect of regional chaos, the rise of extremism towards women and...
This report identifies and assists good practices about women in political decision-making in the EU.These practices are considered to be fundamental tool for gender mainstreaming and the promotion of gender equality across the European Union.The thematic focus for the mapping comprised: 1) Compe...
This article examines the cases of Tunisia and Egypt as examples of the outbreak of the debate about women's rights in the wake of the Arab revolutions. The paper aims at analysing the separation between public and private spheres in both countries and its effects on women´s ability to nego...
Although Palestinian women have always had an effective role in the Palestinian struggle on the ground, their political participation and representation in political decision making positions is still low and they are usually given ministerial portfolios in line with the social role sch...
This guide targets professionals and specialists working at monitoring the electoral process and political participation in Egypt, in order to include the gender perspective into their work. This manual aims at Gender Mainstreaming in the electoral process, according to the Egyptian law and elect...
Sabanci University, in partnership with Egon Zehnder International Turkey, launched the project “Independent Women Directors” to help enterprises prioritise women when they appoint independent directors. The project also seeks to make them aware of the benefits of having both men and ...
This publication presents the conclusions of a survey conducted between 2006 and 2008 among men and women members of parliament on the factors that determines decision-making. It asked 272 MPs from 110 countries about their opinion on access to political life. It features different strategies use...
This practice addressed the need to improve the representation of women in the political life. In 2005, CIDDEF conducted a comparative study on the representation of women in political bodies between Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. From this study, the CIDDEF contacted 8 Algerian politica...
This report forms part of the research project entitled "Gender and power in the Nordic countries", consisting of analysing the representation of women and men in decision-making positions in politics and business. It is aimed at policy-makers, researchers and students interested in Nor...
This platform is part of the Axis 1 "Strengthening the capacities of equality actors" of the Priority Solidarity Fund "Women for the future in the Mediterranean" funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and led by the European Institute of the Mediterranean, in the framework of the project “Developing Women's Empowerment” labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean.
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