Guidelines for enhancing women’s representation and participation in politics within members of the countries of the International Gender Policy Network

Members of the IGPN met in Turkey from 21-23 January 2009 for a training of trainers workshop held in partnership with International IDEA and Gender Links of Southern Africa. Experts from South Africa and Tanzania facilitated the workshop that brought together members from Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Estonia; Georgia; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyz Republic; Lithuania; Macedonia; Moldova; Mongolia; Montenegro; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Tajikistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan. The training made use of the access-participantion-retention-transformation framework devised by Thenjiwe Mtints. Through the sharing of case studies, best practices and strategies the group drew up the guidelines contained in this document for advancing women’s representation and participation in political decision-making in the IGPN countries.

Download : IGPN Guidelines, January 2009