Author:
UNDP Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region (PDIAR)
Publisher:
UNDP Parliamentary Development Initiative in the Arab Region (PDIAR)
Published Date:
11/01/2009
Resource Type:
Report
Language:
English, Arabic
Media Type:
PDF
Copyright Information:
2009
With parliamentary elections approaching, Iraqi women are looking for ways to ensure that their voices and concerns are not excluded from the political debate. For the past several years, the ability of Iraqi women to contribute to policy debates has been constrained by security concerns, political instability and corruption. Though Iraqi women are slowly increasing their involvement in government, political parties and civil society organizations, they are still largely absent from decision-making positions within those bodies.
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The dilemmas of reconciling security and human rights, stability and reform, and external and internal drivers for change were the dominant themes running through a conference on Middle East democracy this week.
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Al Quds Center for Political Studies, one of NDI-Jordan's civil society partners, released its third parliamentary monitoring report which covered the extraordinary session of parliament held in July and August of 2009.
Author:
Al-Quds Center for Political Studies
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
11/01/2009
Resource Type:
PDF
Language:
English, Arabic
Media Type:
Report
Copyright Information:
2009
The Jordanian Parliament Monitor (the Monitor) is an independent, non-partisan project launched by Al-Quds Center for Political Studies in 2008 with the support of the National Democracy Institute for International Affairs (NDI). It is aimed at developing partnership between Parliament and civil society organizations by enhancing parliamentary practices both at the legislative and oversight levels through the provision of best international practices and expertise.
For the first time since Tunisia started holding multi-party elections a decade ago, political parties united to observe voting around the country. After months of preparation, with assistance from NDI, senior members of the Ettajdid (Renewal) Movement and the Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) deployed 400 party agents to polling stations on election day.
iKNOW Politics, an online network dedicated to the advancement of women in politics, launched a new Arabic language version in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 27, opening it up to potentially millions of new users in a region where women are significantly underrepresented politically.
The Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA) is sponsored by NDI and hosted by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar). It provides practical skills and knowledge to help them use the political process to make meaningful improvements in their communities. The women, aged 10 to 28, were selected for the program because of their demonstrated leadership potential. They came from countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
Raising the sights of young women from across the Middle East and North Africa who aspire to political careers was among the accomplishments of the Young Women Leaders Academy (YWLA), a 10-day program held recently in Doha, Qatar.
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Some 22 young women who participated in the second annual Young Women Leaders Academy in Doha were imparted practical skills and knowledge necessary to actively participate in the political process in their countries and improve their communities.
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