Project profile — Gender Equality in Politics

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) strengthening decision-making of women in parliaments; and (2) increased effectiveness of women and men parliamentarians to implement gender sensitive reforms and legislation.

Results achieved by the Inter-Parliamentary Union through the support of the Government of Canada and other international donors as of the end of the project December 2018 include: (1) a toolkit for evaluating the gender sensitivity of parliaments and plan 0f action to address shortfalls was published in 5 languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian), and promoted and distributed; (2) gender self-assessment exercises and training sessions were undertaken in parliaments, including in Kenya, Namibia and Tanzania, leading to raised awareness, and policies and plans to support women’s leadership; (3) the findings of the study on sexism, harassment and violence against women parliamentarians published in 2016 continued to be disseminated to Members of Parliament (MP) and the general public; (4) support was provided to women parliamentarians and women’s parliamentary caucuses to enhance their influence in parliaments; (5) support was provided to the Mauritania caucus of women MPs to promote women’s rights; (6) the Women in Politics 2019 map was updated and produced (https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/infographics/2019-03/women-in-politics-20178 ), and the Report on Women in Parliament 2018 was published (https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reports/2019-03/women-in-parliament-in-2018-year-in-review), contributing to better gender data in support of informed decision-making; and (7) data contributions were made to the virtual library and support provided to events for the International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics (iKnow Politics) promoting women in politics worldwide.