Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Empowering women for stronger political parties : a good practices guide to promote women's political participation

Ballington, Julie and Davis, Randi | 2011
  • Author(s): Ballington, Julie and Davis, Randi
  • Publisher: National democratic institute for international affairs (NDI) [etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, empowerment
Practical guidebook, highlights good practices drawn from twenty case studies from around the world for promoting women’s participation in political parties and shows that there are common challenges facing women in politics, regardless of the region of the world in which their country is located.

Women in parliament : beyond numbers

Ballington, Julie and Karam, Azza and Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson | cop. 2005
  • Author(s): Ballington, Julie and Karam, Azza and Sirleaf, Ellen Johnson
  • Publisher: International institute for democracy and electoral assistance (IDEA)
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, parliamentary government, political participation, women in politics, manuals, latin america, arab countries, africa south of sahara
Women's access to the legislature is addressed focusing on the obstacles women confront when entering Parliament as well and solutions to overcome these, and on the strategies for women to influence politics once they are elected to the traditionally male-dominated parliament.

Towards transformational leadership and governance in Kenya : strategic plan 2006-2009

Balogun-Alexander, Olufunmilayo and Gicira-Mwangi, Roselyn | cop. 2007
  • Author(s): Balogun-Alexander, Olufunmilayo and Gicira-Mwangi, Roselyn
  • Publisher: UNIFEM East and Horn of Africa regional office
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, civil and political rights, governance, kenya
This is the first strategic plan of the Kenya Gender and Governance Programme (GGP) for 2006-2009. The aim of the GCG is to ensure that women enjoy their civil and political rights as well as participate actively in democratic governance. This is Part 1 of the Plan.

Tokenism or agency? : the impact of women's reservations on panchayats in South India

Ban, Radu and Rao, Vijayendra | 2006
  • Author(s): Ban, Radu and Rao, Vijayendra
  • Publisher: World bank etc.]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, political participation, affirmative action programmes, panchayat, india
The effects of reservations for women are evaluated, using evidence from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India on the process by which women are selected in reserved constituencies and on how their performance compares with leaders in unreserved ones.

Project on a mechanism to address laws that discriminate against women

Banda, Fareda | 2008
  • Author(s): Banda, Fareda
  • Publisher: Office of the High Commissioner for human rights (OHCHR). Women's rights and gender unit
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: women, sex discrimination, law, un
Advisability of creating a new mechanism to address laws that discriminate against women was examined with 2 objectives: to overview existing UN mechanisms to ascertain the extent to which they addressed the issue of discriminatory law, and to get national data on discriminatory laws against women.
 

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