Spring 2010

News

[3]Colombia: Chocó Women Win 2009 Madeleine K. Albright Grant [3]

The Departmental Network of Chocó Women of Colombia (Red Departmental de Mujeres Chocoanas) has been chosen by NDI to receive the 2009 Madeleine K. Albright Grant for its work to build a gender-equitable society, contribute to sustainable social development and encourage women’s political participation. The $25,000 grant will fund a political training school for women and help establish a network of women political leaders in the predominantly Afro-Colombian department of Chocó. Read more» [3]

Purchase tickets or a table [4] to attend NDI's 25th Anniversary Dinner Celebration [5], where Madeleine Albright will present the award to the Chocó women's network.

NDI Welcomes Sushmita Subba Manandhar as the Second Andi Parhamovich Fellow [6]

Each year, NDI’s Andi Parhamovich Fellowship [7] brings a young woman working to strengthen democracy and women’s political participation in her home country to Washington, D.C. Fellows are chosen from members of NDI’s staff or partner organizations. This year’s recipient, Sushmita Subba Manandhar, has been contributing to innovative NDI programming in the Nepal office for more than 10 years and currently manages NDI’s work with the Inter Party Women’s Alliance. Read more» [6]

More from Nepal: Jay Nishaant, resident deputy director in Nepal, discusses NDI's political academy for women parliamentarians. Read more» [8]

North Africa: Young Women Leaders Collaborate at Conference [9]

Over 60 women leaders from five North African countries met in Morocco to exchange ideas and establish networks at the “Making a Difference Where It Matters: Community Leadership and Civic Engagement” regional conference. Expert panels discussed the challenges facing women and how to strengthen women’s roles in political and civic life in the region. The young women pledged to "work together across borders, generations and ideologies" to challenge traditional conceptions of the role of women in public life. Read more» [9]

Burkina Faso: Women Document Gender-Based Discrimination in Report to U.N. [10] [11]

A broad coalition of 19 women’s civil society organizations recently produced a report on Burkina Faso’s implementation of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The report, which the coalition delivered to the U.N. Commission on CEDAW, details some progress on eliminating discrimination against women and outlines the many hurdles that still remain. NDI also provided training to members of parliament (MPs) on ways to contribute to the successful implementation of CEDAW through legislative measures. Read more» [10]

Bangladesh: Women Look Toward the Future [12]

The Bangladesh Alliance for Women’s Leadership and NDI brought together women MPs, civil society leaders, media and U.S. embassy staff in a forum to encourage and inspire women to work together to advance their participation in politics. The event was prompted by a visit by Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. The forum discussed how women’s civil society organizations could better support women MPs and resulted in agreement to establish a multiparty parliamentary women’s caucus. Read more» [12]

El Salvador: Democracy Survey Shows Opportunities, Ongoing Challenge for Political Participation [13]

The El Salvador 2009 Benchmark Democracy Survey [14] recently published by NDI found that only 7.9 percent of women in El Salvador are politically active compared to 22.1 percent of men. The survey measured citizens’ democratic values and perceptions of democracy within El Salvador. Women cited security, violence and crime as issues keeping them out of public life. Read more» [15]

About Win With Women

The Win with Women Global Initiative is a complement to more than two decades of work by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) [16] in pursuit of an equitable, democratic society where women’s needs are meaningfully addressed. Some of its latest activities are presented here.

The Initiative is aimed at increasing women’s leadership in elected office, political parties and in civil society. It was launched in 2003 by NDI and its Chairman Madeleine K. Albright [17] to promote strategies for increasing women’s political leadership worldwide. The anchor of the Win with Women Global Initiative is the Global Action Plan [18], a document that outlines practical recommendations for political parties to broaden their appeal by addressing women’s role as voters, candidates, party activists and elected officials. Women and men from more than 100 countries are active supporters of the Initiative and Global Action Plan.

Get Involved

Visit the Win with Women Website [19]
Refer Colleagues to Win with Women [20]

Download the Global Action Plan [18]
Email the Win with Women Initiative [21]

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