Our Library provides toolkits, treaties, and laws to guide current and aspiring women political leaders. It also contains publications to discover the facts and figures that inform Mina’s List methods and strategies.
In a cross-national study of 145 countries, this article examines how effective gender quotas are in creating [...]
Gender quotas have proven to be the fastest and most popular means of increasing women’s political representation [...]
Between 2000 and 2012, ten African countries adopted candidate gender quota laws to improve women’s representation [...]
This article surveys the adoption and implementation of gender quotas in the Moroccan parliamentary [...]
Electoral gender quotas have simultaneously been praised for promoting greater inclusion [...]
The collapse of the authoritarian regime in Tunisia in 2011 has given women new opportunities [...]
In light of Afghanistan’s security transition, Afghan women, including parliamentarians [...]
Relative to their population share, women are underrepresented in political leadership [...]
Across the globe, an increasing number of women are getting elected to national government. [...]
Less than ten years after genocide, Rwanda became first among all nations in terms of women’s political [...]
This report highlights the impact of the prevailing security environment on Pakistani women [...]
A decade after the end of apartheid rule, South Africa transformed the security sector [...]
When women are substantively included in security and peace processes, especially when they are in positions [...]
There is an increasing amount of research about the effects of women’s representation in [...]
This paper investigates the influence of women in politics on decision-making, specifically [...]
Despite comprising over 50 percent of the world’s population, women continue to be under-represented in the [...]
NDI believes that the equitable participation of women in politics and government is essential [...]
UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women [...]
Do women in office make a difference? The Center for the American Woman and Politics under a grant [...]
Many studies have found a negative relationship between corruption levels and economic development [...]
NDI has supported democratic institutions and practices in every region of the world [...]
Numerous behavioral studies have found women to be more trust-worthy and public-spirited than men. [...]
This policy brief explores women’s unique experience with corruption and the implications for governance. [...]
The increase in women’s political representation is among the most significant trends in [...]
This workbook is designed to raise awareness about security issues and to help human rights defenders [...]
This manual offers a practical resource that human rights defenders can use in developing their security [...]
This handbook is intended to give people practical advice on how to deal with the threats [...]
Through national budgets, governments outline their policy intentions and the resources they intend to use [...]
Women account for only about 20 percent of the world’s parliamentarians and face an institution [...]
What is the parliamentary contribution to democracy? What makes a parliament or legislature [...]
While treaties and conventions have been signed and individual governments have taken steps [...]
More people than ever before are now displaced within their country. Experience has shown [...]
Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) is now recognized as one of the most critical issues [...]
Trafficking in persons is a form of modern-day slavery, a human rights violation [...]
In October 2000, for the first time in its history, the United Nations Security Council acknowledged [...]
United Nations Security Council resolutions provide an international framework recognizing [...]
Initially introduced through the Beijing Declaration and Action Platform of 1995, gender mainstreaming [...]
As a South-South forum, the Inter-Regional Seminar on Women’s Political Empowerment brought together [...]
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) [...]
The 2011 UN General Assembly resolution on women’s political participation stresses its critical importance [...]
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995 is a visionary agenda for the empowerment of women. [...]
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was adopted by the United Nations Security Council [...]
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security calls for participation of women in peace processes [...]
This document provides a comprehensive review of existing treaty and customary law [...]
From The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to the Convention on the Elimination of All [...]
The right to adequate housing is clearly recognized in international human rights law [...]
Women’s access to, use of, and control over land and other productive resources [...]
According to the Program of Action produced during the International Conference on Population and Development [...]
Attaining equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination [...]
The role of money in politics is arguably the biggest threat to democracy worldwide today. [...]
Women around the world at every socio-political level find themselves under-represented [...]
This guide is for young women leaders, written by young women leaders. Focusing on [...]
All over the world, women join together to address the complicated issues of our age. [...]
This guide provides advice on how to create a finance plan during a political campaign. [...]
This guide explains how to ask supporters for money during a political campaign. [...]
This guide provides advice on how a woman political candidate can utilize effective messaging [...]
This guide provides a list of recommendations to women political leaders [...]
One of the most precious, hard-won freedoms is the freedom to speak [...]
Political parties are key to women’s participation in politics, as it is political parties that recruit and select [...]
This campaign toolkit for women political candidates aims to help equip women [...]
The Strategies for Policymakers series condenses a [...]
