• Press release 

  Governance and Development Institute (Governance and Development Institute, Blantyre, MW, 2013-11)

  Rural women remain disempowered, have no access to meaningful economic empowerment, few of them own property, and due to these disadvantaged positions, are targets for gender based violence. Article 14 of the Convention ...
• Political parties brief 

  Governance and Development Institute (Governance and Development Institute, Blantyre, MW, 2013)

  Focusing on the strategies that political parties have, or are putting in place to promote young women’s political participation in Malawi, the findings reflect that parties do not have organized strategies for promoting ...
• Policy brief on young women's political participation 

  Governance and Development Institute (Governance and Development Institute, Blantyre, MW, 2013)

  Sections 20 and 24 of the Republican Constitution of Malawi are to the effect that rural women should not be discriminated against. Key findings dictate the need for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Community Development ...
• Young women in political participation in Africa : final technical report 

  Kabwato, Linda K. (Governance and Development Institute, Blantyre, MW, 2013-08)

  The research explored how political parties and women in Parliament are supporting young women’s political participation, as well as the extent to which the state is implementing Article 14 of the Convention on the Elimination ...
• Women's Political Participation / Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (CAWTAR) 

  Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunis, TN, 2013)
• Formes traditionnelles, formes nouvelles de l'engagement politique des jeunes femmes en contexte de transition : le cas de la Tunisie; résumé exécutif 

  Ben Salem, Maryam (Centre de la Femme Arabe pour la Formation et la Recherche (CAWTAR), Tunis, TN, 2013-07)
• Traditional and new forms of young women's political engagement in a transitional context : Tunisia as example; executive summary 

  Ben Salem, Maryam (Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunis, TN, 2013-07)

  Forty-one interviews conducted with a diverse panel of women and men, enabled us to explore contrasting relations between politically active men and women, and as well, between politically active young women and older ...
• Traditional and new forms of young women’s political engagement in a transitional context : Tunisia as example 

  Ben Salem, Maryam (Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunis, TN, 2013-07)

  The limits of “façade feminism” are reflected in the current regime’s rejection of ensuring full equality between men and women. Careful study of figures shown by the regime stressing its great modernity, clearly reveal ...
• Young women and political participation : institutional and informal mobilization paving the way to future actions; final technical report 

  Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (Center of Arab Women for the Training and Research (CAWTAR), Tunis, TN, 2013)

  The research analyzed modalities of young women’s engagement in politics in Tunisia and conditions for sustainability commitments over time. The research consists of a comparison between new and traditional forms of political ...
• Data Base of Women’s Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and National Organizations in Sierra Leone 

  Unknown author (2013)

  The database entails a comprehensive list of organizations, their aims and objectives, numbers of full and part-time employees, numbers of volunteers, organization addresses and main contacts.
• Breaking barriers empowering young women to participate in democratic politics : manual for facilitators 

  University of Sierra Leone. The Gender, Research and Documentation Centre and the Political Science Departments; 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone (2013)

  In Sierra Leone there are few women in parliament or in senior reaches of government. This manual aims to train at least 100 university students from four tertiary institutions: University of Sierra Leone; Njala University; ...
• Interrogating Young Women's Political Participation in Post-war Sierra Leone : final technical report (February 2011 – August 2013) 

  Fofana Ibrahim, Aisha; Majeks-Walker, Nemata; Thompson, Lena (Institute for Gender Research and Documentation (INGRADOC), University of Sierra Leone, 2013-09)

  Even though youths formed the core of the rebel movement and comprise over 50% of the population, they have, post-war, remained marginalized and excluded from conventional processes of the state and have had little or no ...
• Young women political participation in Kenya : a study on the experiences and challenges of young women in political engagement 

  Mwatha, Regina G.; Mbugua, Grace; Murunga, Godwin (Women's Empowerment Link (WEL), Nairobi, KE, 2014)

  This research has been undertaken as a collaborative effort between Women's Empowerment Link (WEL), a nongovernmental organization, the Gender Roundtable Series (GRS) formerly based at Kenyatta University and the National ...
• Young women's political participation in Kenya : a study on the experiences and challenges of young women in political engagement; technical report 

  Mwatha, Regina; Mbugua, Grace; Murunga, Godwin (Women's Empowerment Link, Nairobi, KE, 2013)

  Young women face many barriers in their pursuit of active political roles: this research established that masculinity and the patriarchal nature of politics, lack of resources, and lack of support for young women who seek ...
• Strengthening young women's leadership capacity : the case of Ethiopian women leaders and female university students; narrative report, 1 February 2011 - 31 July 2013 

  UPEACE Africa Programme (UPEACE Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2013-07)

  Research findings show there is limited opportunity for female students to interact, exchange experiences and as well, learn from women leaders in the country. Mentors and mentees met twice a month for a period of three ...
• Especial newsletter, no. 1 : the quota process and impact research, 2011 - 2012 summary of findings [Arabic version] 

  Ahfad University for Women (Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD, 2012)
• Especial newsletter, no. 1 : the quota process and impact research, 2011 - 2012 summary of findings 

  Ahfad University for Women (Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD, 2012)

  The newsletter from the Ahfad University for Women (Sudan) provides a detailed review of the project regarding implementing a quota process for women representatives in parliament, as well as women’s political engagement ...
• Impact of quota on candidates : beyond numbers 

  Badri, Balghis; El Naggar, Samia (Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD, 2013-08)

  The under-representation of women in politics is related to cultural values that restrict the political domain to men and thus remains dominated by them. What are the changes generated by the quota system regarding candidates’ ...
• Women in political parties' structures : the quota types discourse 

  Tome Lacko, Wani (Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD, 2013-08)

  Should a seemingly sudden change of political attitude, which has led to fast tracking of women into party involvement be viewed with suspicion? The quality of political output and mere adherence to numbers are problematic. ...
• Quota in Sudanese electoral law : achievements or challenges and lessons learned 

  Badri, Balghis; El Naggar, Samia (Regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights, Ahfad University for Women, Khartoum, SD, 2013-08)

  What is the nature of the context within which the quota system was introduced? Who are the main actors in introducing the quota? What are the processes that have led to quota adoption and enforcement? Elitist as well as ...

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