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This manual presents a methodological tool for monitoring media coverage during election campaigns. It focuses on a gender perspective using objective and verifiable information, and is based on experiences of six Latin American institutions.
“Institutions of governance, of security and of human rights must massively increase their engagement with grassroots women’s organizations,” was the message Anne Marie Goetz of UN Women conveyed to a diverse audience of women from 22 countries – made up of local actors and global policy-makers – at the Huairou Commission Global Summit on Grassroots Women’s Leadership and Governance, held March 3-8 in New York City. The Summit, co-sponsored by UNDP and the Dutch Foreign Ministry MDG 3 FUND, marked the accumulation of a decade of work empowering women in low-income communities worldwide to improve their living conditions, transform their communities, and exchange their experiences with women across various regions of the world.
Women have been pushing for their space in politics and public life across the Arab region, not just in Egypt, but in Bahrain, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. It is critical now to capitalise on the momentum this force has created to ensure that women remain key actors in the next phase – the building of democratic systems and processes... In terms of women in politics, the Arab region clearly faces it own particular challenges. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Arab States have the lowest average levels of women in Parliament at 11%, compared to a global average of 19%. Let us hope that that figure will be much higher in one year’s time after elections have been held in Egypt and Tunisia. Let us also hope that it will be even higher in ten years time. All actors supporting democracy and gender equality need to face the realities of entrenched views and a political culture which needs to change. That political culture needs to change...
In 2006, The Initiative for Inclusive Security partnered with the Rwandan Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA) and the National Women’s Council to conduct training to increase women’s participation in the 2006 local elections. The preparation of more than 2,300 female candidates helped Rwanda successfully fulfill a constitutional quota at the local level. Women captured over 30 percent of the seats in district government and are now one-third of district executives throughout the country, as well as two-thirds of executives in the city of Kigali. Partnering with RALGA and the National Women’s Council allowed the program to reach a strategic group of participants, established community leaders likely to share the information widely with other women. Training sessions were held at annual provincial meetings of the National Women’s Council throughout the country.
On this unique two-country Learning Tour, a high-level delegation, including Congressman Jim McDermott from Washington State who helped lead the trip, traveled to Rwanda and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to learn about the reach and scope of U.S. investments in overseas development programs, particularly those focused on positive health outcomes for women, young girls and their families. The delegation witnessed firsthand critical issues related to overcoming global poverty including health, education, governance and gender-based violence across two very different – yet connected – country contexts.
Following the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake, Haiti's government, supported by the World Bank, led an ambitious Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)-an operative blueprint for reconstruction. Astonishingly, the PDNA failed to address gender issues. This Gender Shadow report (GSR) provides the missing gender content for PDNA policymakers, donors, civil society groups and all stakeholders involved in Haiti's reconstruction. It follows a parallel outline to the PDNA by presenting issues related to governance and accountability, environment and disaster risk reduction, social sectors, infrastructure, the economy and cross-cutting themes. Written by women from diverse backgrounds working both in grassroots communities in Haiti and in the international arena, the GSR offers stakeholders a set of human rights-based gender interventions to round out current redevelopment efforts and achieve greater inclusion and success.
In Kenya, where women MPs are in a significant minority compared to their male counterparts, the formation of a cross-party women’s political caucus, the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA), is one means of ensuring that the issues affecting women are integrated into legislation. KEWOPA is an important partner for many donors and organisations concerned with good governance and the rights of women and children in Kenya. Because its membership is made up of all women parliamentarians in the country, it is a strategic player in the Kenyan women’s movement. This is a case study documenting some of the successes over the years as well as some of the challenges faced by KEWOPA, the secretariat and its members.
