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  • Young Women Leaders Share Advice, Stories in New NDI Publication

    Building confidence, enhancing capacity and making connections is the focus of a new practical guidebook for aspiring young women leaders just published by NDI. The book combines ideas and strategies from the Institute's Youth of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow (YOTLOT) program with best practices and recommendations from NDI's quarter century of working with women leaders around the world. It features expert advice for young women with a drive and desire to become leaders.

  • Middle Eastern Women Gain Political Inspiration in Wisconsin

    The Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA), a year-long program that aims to inspire and empower young Middle Eastern women to pursue political careers in their home countries, culminated in a two-week retreat in Madison, Wisconsin, last month, where participants met with elected women leaders from across the state and honed their leadership skills and political aspirations. The participants are now back in their home countries, where they are pursuing a range of options, from starting their own advocacy organizations to running for elective office.

  • International Summit in Kosovo Produces “Pristina Principles” to Increase Women’s Empowerment

    President Jahjaga delivers closing remarks at the summit. After three days of meetings in Pristina, Kosovo, a group of women and men leaders from around the world has created the “Pristina Principles,” a set of guidelines and priorities aimed at eliminating barriers to women’s political participation, aiding their economic empowerment and giving them access to security and justice in the region and around the world.

  • In Kyrgyzstan, Women Poised to Take Leadership Roles in Political Parties

    As Kyrgyzstan prepares for parliamentary elections on Oct. 10, women candidates are getting ready for what they hope will be a strong run for representation in the new legislature.

  • "Who's Who" of Women Leaders in Bangladesh an Inspiration for All Women

    While men in Bangladesh hold the majority of powerful positions in politics and society generally, some women have been able to break into the power structure. To celebrate their achievements, as well as to inspire women seeking roles in the future, the Bangladesh Alliance for Women Leadership (BDAWL) has released Who's Who: Women Leaders at a Glance, the first such reference book ever released in Bangladesh.

  • Young Women Leaders Share Advice, Stories in New NDI Publication

    Building confidence, enhancing capacity and making connections is the focus of a new practical guidebook for aspiring young women leaders just published by NDI. The book combines ideas and strategies from the Institute's Youth of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow (YOTLOT) program with best practices and recommendations from NDI's quarter century of working with women leaders around the world. It features expert advice for young women with a drive and desire to become leaders.

  • Guatemala: Strengthening Indigenous Women’s Political Leadership

    In 1996, United Nations-sponsored peace accords were signed in Guatemala, ending 36 years of armed conflict. Although one of the goals of the accords and related agreements was increasing the political participation of the indigenous population, this has yet to be realized. Indigenous women in particular face the greatest political marginalization. Although at least 20 percent of the Guatemalan population is indigenous women, only two of 158 deputies in Congress and one of 333 mayors are indigenous women.

  • Mayan Women Train One Another to Increase their Political Voice

    Despite their 20 percent share of the population, Mayan women in Guatemala have limited political and economic power. They have the country’s highest rates of poverty and illiteracy, and, according to an NDI-supported study, are far less likely to vote than any other sector of the population. Only four of 158 deputies in Congress are Mayan women and only one of 333 mayors.

  • Mayan Women Train One Another to Increase their Political Voice

    Despite their 20 percent share of the population, Mayan women in Guatemala have limited political and economic power. They have the country’s highest rates of poverty and illiteracy, and, according to an NDI-supported study, are far less likely to vote than any other sector of the population.

  • Coalition Boosts Effort to Implement Gender Quota Law in Burkina Faso

    Many applauded when the legislature in the West African country of Burkina Faso passed a gender quota law last year requiring 30 percent of the candidates on political party lists to be women. It held the promise of new opportunities for Burkinabe women, traditionally marginalized politically, to gain elective office at both the national and local levels. But while the law was enacted more than a year ago, there has been little progress on implementing it, even though local and legislative elections will be held in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

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