Gender and Elections

Topic IndexBIBLIOGRAPHY

AGORA and iKNOW Politics (2011): “Women’s Caucuses: Joint AGORA and iKNOW Politics Virtual Discussion”. 9 to 20 May 2011.

See: https://agora-parl.org/resources/library/agora-iknow-politics-virtual-discussion-womens-caucuses

Antara, Lina (2017): “LGBTI Political Inclusion Journeys”. 28 June 2017.

See: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/lgbti-political-inclusion-journeys

Article 19 (2006): “Gender-based Censorship and the New Media. International Women’s Day.” 8 March 2006.

See: https://reliefweb.int/report/world/gender-based-censorship-and-news-media

Ballington, Julie (2004): “Strengthening Internal Political Party Democracy: Candidate Recruitment from a Gender Perspective.” International IDEA.

Ballington, Julie (2008): “Equality in Politics: A survey of Women and Men in Parliaments”. Inter-Parliamentary Union. Reports and Documents nº 54.

See: archive.ipu.org/PDF/publications/equality08-e.pdf

Bardall, Gabrielle (2011): “Breaking the Mold: Understanding Gender and Electoral Violence”. IFES. See: https://www.ifes.org/publications/breaking-mold-understanding-gender-and-electoral-violence

Blue Diamond Society (2014): “Blue Diamond Society Bulletin 2014”.

See: http://bds.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Annual-report-11.pdf

Bochenek, Michael and Knight, Kyle (2012): “Establishing a Third Gender Category in Nepal: Process and Prognosis”, Emory International Law Review. Volume 26. Issue 1.

See: http://law.emory.edu/eilr/content/volume-26/issue-1/recent-developments/establishing-a-third-gender-in-nepal.html

Caroline Hubbard and Claire DeSoi (2016): “Votes without Violence: A Citizen Observer’s Guide to Addressing Violence against Women in Elections”, National Democratic Institute, Washington, D.C.

Chad Electoral Code of Conduct (2011)

See: https://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/chad2011code.pdf

Code de déontologie des médias et des journalistes d’Haïti.

See: http://www.unesco.org/new/fr/port-au-prince/communication-information/code-of-ethics/

Consejo Nacional Electoral and Instituto de la Democracia (2017): Opinión Electoral. Gaceta de Análisis Político Electoral, nº 18. Ecuador, Quito. 15/07/2017

See: http://www.tce.gob.ec/biblio/opac_css/index.php?lvl=bulletin_display&id=340

Council of Europe (2016): “How Can Women Make the News? Social Media Training for Female Candidates in Armenia”. 23 June 2016.

See: https://www.coe.int/en/web/electoral-assistance/-/how-can-women-make-the-news-social-media-training-for-female-candidates-in-armenia

Council of Europe (2017): “Study on media coverage of elections with a specific focus on gender equality”.

See: https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/-/media-elections-and-gender-a-new-study-has-been-published

Declaration of Montreal (2016)

See: http://www.declarationofmontreal.org/

“Declaration of Principles for Nonpartisan Election Observation and Monitoring by Citizen Organizations” and “Code of Conduct for Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observers and Monitors” (2012) See: https://www.ndi.org/DoGP

“Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation” and “Code of Conduct for International Election Observers” (2005) See: https://www.ndi.org/DoP

Democracy Reporting International (2015): “Domestic Election Observation: Key concepts and international standards”. Briefing paper 52.

See: https://democracy-reporting.org/dri_publications/domestic-election-observation-key-concepts-and-international-standards/

DPKO and Department of Field Support-Department of Political Affairs (DFS-DPA) (2007): “Joint Guidelines on Enhancing the Role of Women in Post-Conflict Electoral Processes.”

Editors Forum Workshop (2010): “Media Code of Conduct for Election Reporting”.

See: https://accountablejournalism.org/ethics-codes/tanzania-media-code-of-conduct-for-election-reporting

Electoral Commission of Zambia: “Journalist Code of Conduct”.

See: https://www.elections.org.zm/journalist_code.php

European Parliament (2013): “Women in decision-making: the role of the new media for increased political participation”.

See: https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/129c4c8b-66b9-45c3-a7f1-702517b1b3e0/language-en/format-PDF/source-74181956

European Union (2016): “Handbook for European Union Election Observation Mission”.

See: https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/handbook_for_eu_eom_2016.pdf

European Union’s Election Observation Mission to El Salvador (2018): Final Report.

European Union Election Observation Mission to Honduras (2017): Final Report, General Elections 2017.

Flores, Andrew and Park, Andrew (2018): “Polarized Progress: Social Acceptance of LGBT People in 141 Countries, 1981 to 2014”, the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.

See: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/uncategorized/lgbt-acceptance-around-the-world/

Fundación Esquel (2017): “Por una democracia diversa. Fortalecimiento de la Participación Política de Personas LGBTI en Ecuador”.

Also see: http://www.esquel.org.ec/webesquel/actualidad/noticias/item/496-encuentro-internacional-cierre-de-por-una-democracia-diversa.html

Gender Concerns International (2015): “Rapport Final de la Mission d’Observation des Élections Basée sur l’Approche Genre, Tunisie 2014”.

Gender Links (2017): “Gender Censorship is a Glaring Reality”. 2 May 2017.

See: http://genderlinks.org.za/pressreleases/gender-censorship-glaring-reality/

Huber, Jessica; and Kammerud, Lisa (2016): “Violence Against Women in Elections: A framework for Assessment, Monitoring and Response”. IFES.

See: https://www.ifes.org/publications/violence-against-women-elections

Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho: “Code of Conduct for Media Personnel and Media Houses During Elections”.

See: http://www.iec.org.ls/

iKNOW Politics (2007): “Consolidated response on Establishing Women’s Party Sections”.

iKNOW Politics (2008): “Consolidated Response on Working with Women Candidates and Women Voters During Elections”

iKNOW Politics (2009): “Consolidated Response. Best practices used by political parties to Promote Women in Politics.”

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/knowledge-library/expert-responses/consolidated-response-best-practices-used-political-parties

iKNOW Politics (2009): “Consolidated Response on the Prevention of Family Voting.”

iKNOW Politics (2016): “Consolidated Reply of the e-Discussion on Parliamentary Oversight of Gender Equality”. April 2016.

See: iknowpolitics.org/sites/default/files/cren.pdf

IKNOW Politics (2018): “Women hold at least half of ministerial positions in these countries”, 7 June 2018.

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/data-and-statistics/women-hold-least-half-ministerial-positions-these

iKNOW Politics (2019): “Summary of the e-discussion on Violence Against Women in Politics”.

See: https://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/discussion-summaries/summary-e-discussion-violence-against-women-politic-0

Instituto Nacional Electoral (2018): Protocolo para adoptar las medidas tendientes a garantizar a las personas trans el ejercicio del voto en igualdad de condiciones y sin discriminación en todos los tipos de elección y mecanismos de participación ciudadana.

See: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5513944&fecha=21/02/2018

International Foundation for Electoral Systems: “Guatemala: Acciones de IFES para promover el voto de la mujer y la población LGBTI.”

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2016): “Violence Against Women in Elections in Zimbabwe: Pilot Assessment in Haiti”.

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2013): IFES Pakistan Fact Sheet: Women, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities.

See: http://www.ifes.org/pakistan

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2014): “Gender Equality and Election Management Bodies: A Best Practices Guide”. Authors: Sarah Bibler, Vasu Mohan and Katie Ryan.

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2016): “Male Allies for Leadership Equality: Learning from Nigeria’s Experience”, 15 March 2016.

See: https://www.ifes.org/news/male-allies-leadership-equality-learning-nigerias-experience

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2017): “The Effect of Violence on Women’s Electoral and Political Participation in Bangladesh”.

See: https://www.ifes.org/publications/effect-violence-womens-electoral-and-political-participation-bangladesh

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2018): “The Principles of Election Reporting”. 29 January 2018.

See: http://www.ifes.org/news/principles-election-reporting

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2018): “Violence Against Women in Elections in Zimbabwe: An IFES Assessment”.

See: https://www.ifes.org/publications/new-assessment-violence-against-women-elections-zimbabwe

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2018): “Empowering Kenyan Women with Disabilities as Policy Advocates”, 11 September 2018.

See: https://www.ifes.org/news/empowering-kenyan-women-disabilities-policy-advocates

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2018): “Nepali Women with Disabilities Build Advocacy Skills to Engage Government Officials”, 19 September 2018.

See: https://www.ifes.org/news/nepali-women-disabilities-build-advocacy-skills-engage-government-officials

International Foundation for Electoral Systems (2018): “Bridging Perspectives: Engaging Male Allies for Gender Equality and Women’s Leadership”, 8 March 2018.

See: https://www.ifes.org/news/bridging-perspectives-engaging-male-allies-gender-equality-and-womens-leadership

International IDEA (2012): “Review of political parties’ commitments to gender equality: a study of 33 African countries” (unpublished).

International IDEA (2013): “Political Parties in Africa through a Gender Lens.”

International IDEA (2014): “Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns: A Handbook on Political Finance”.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/funding-political-parties-and-election-campaigns-handbook-political-finance

International IDEA (2014): “Social Media: A Practical Guide for Electoral Management Bodies”. See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/social-media-practical-guide-electoral-management-bodies?lang=en

International IDEA (2016): “A Framework for Developing Gender Policies for Political Parties”.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/framework-developing-gender-policies-political-parties

International IDEA (2016): “A Framework for Developing Gender Policies for Electoral Management Bodies”.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/framework-developing-internal-gender-policies-electoral-management-bodies

International IDEA, Inter-Parliamentary Union and Stockholm University (2013): “Atlas of Gender Quotas.”

Contributors: Drude Dahlerup, Zeina Hilal, Nana Kalandadze and Rumbidzai Kandawasvika-Nhundu.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/atlas-electoral-gender-quotas

International IDEA (2016): “A Framework for Developing Gender Policies for Political Parties”.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/framework-developing-gender-policies-political-parties

International IDEA and Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (2015): “Political parties’ internal rules from a gender perspective: comparative experiences.”

Inter-Parliamentary Union (1994): “Plan Of Action to Correct Present Imbalances In The Participation Of Men And Women In Political Life”. 16 March 1994.

See: http://archive.ipu.org/Wmn-E/Planactn.Htm

Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR (2005): “Human Rights Handbook for Parliamentarians”.

See: http://www.ipu.org/PDF/publications/hr_guide_en.pdf

Inter-Parliamentary Union (2013): “Guidelines for Women’s Caucuses”.

See: https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reference/2016-07/guidelines-womens-caucuses

Inter-Parliamentary Union (2016): “Sexism, harassment and violence against women parliamentarians”. See: https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reports/2016-10/sexism-harassment-and-violence-against-women-parliamentarians

Inter-Parliamentary Union (2017): “Plan of action for gender-sensitive parliaments”.

See: https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reference/2016-07/plan-action-gender-sensitive-parliaments

Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women (2017): “Women in Politics 2017 Map.”

See: http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2017/4/women-in-politics-2017-map#view

International Women’s Media Foundation (2011): “Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media”.

See: https://www.iwmf.org/resources/global-report-on-the-status-of-women-in-the-news-media/

Kandaswavica-Nhundu, Rumbidzai (2018): “Women’s participation in local government”, 7 February 2018.

See: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/womens-participation-local-government

Krook, Mona Lena and Restrepo Sanín, Juliana (2015): “Gender and political violence in Latin America. Concepts, debates and solutions.”

See: www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/.../1665-2037-pyg-23-01-00127-en.pdf

Larserud, Stina and Taphorn, Rita (2007): “Designing for Equality: Best-fit, medium-fit and non-favourable combinations of electoral systems and gender quotas”, International IDEA.

Lassegue, Marie-Laurence (2017): “Advocacy to strengthen women’s participation in Haitian political parties”, International IDEA, 16 November 2017.

See: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/advocacy-strengthen-women%E2%80%99s-participation-haitian-political-parties

Llanos, Beatriz and Sample, Kristen (2008): “From Words to Action: Best Practices for Women’s Participation in Latin American Political Parties”, International IDEA.

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/case-study/words-action-best-practices-womens-political-participation

Llanos, Beatriz and Nina, Juana (2011): “Election Coverage from a Gender Perspective. A Media Monitoring Manual”. UN Women and International IDEA.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/election-coverage-gender-perspective-media-monitoring-manual?lang=en

Llanos, Beatriz (2012): “Unseeing Eyes: Media Coverage and Gender in Latin American Elections”. International IDEA and UN Women.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/ojos-que-no-ven-cobertura-medi%C3%A1tica-y-g%C3%A9nero-en-las-eleccciones?lang=en

Llanos, Beatriz and Roza, Vivian (2015): “Partidos politicos y paridad: un desafío de la democracia en América Latina.” International IDEA and Inter-American Development Bank.

See: https://publications.iadb.org/en/publication/15507/partidos-politicos-y-paridad-un-desafio-de-la-democracia-en-america-latina

Markham, Susan A.: “Strengthening women in parliament”, National Democratic Institute.

See: archive.ipu.org/splz-e/asgp11/Markham.doc

Men Engage, UN Women and UNFPA (2014): “Men, Masculinities and Changing Power: A Discussion Paper on Engaging Men in Gender Equality From Beijing 1995 to 2015”.

See: https://www.unfpa.org/es/node/9655

National Democratic Institute: “Political Party Women’s Wing Factsheet ”.

See: https://www.ndi.org/dcc-parties

National Democratic Institute: “Candidate schools help women in West Africa compete and win.”

National Democratic Institute: “Supporting a network of women’s caucuses in the IGAD region”.

See: https://www.ndi.org/Supporting-Network-Women-Caucuses-IGAD-Region

National Democratic Institute: “Republic of Macedonia: Code of Conduct of Political Parties for Free and Fair Parliamentary Elections.”

National Democratic Institute (2014): “Civic Update. Political Inclusion of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Population”. January 2014.

See: https://www.ndi.org/civic_update

National Democratic Institute (2015): “Mali adopts law promoting gender equity”.

See: https://www.ndi.org/mali-adopts-gender-quota-law

National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (2010): “The Code of Conduct for Mass Media and Journalists on the Manner of Reporting About Elections Regulation Number 6/2010.”

See: www.refworld.org/pdfid/51028ac92.pdf

National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (2018): “Gender Policy.”

Needja, Amirouche (2014): “Couverture électorale sensible au genre: vers l’égalité dans l’espace public”, in Femmes et médias au Maghreb. Revue d’analyse nº 7.

See: unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002481/248166F.pdf

O’Malley, Jeffrey et al. (2018): “Sexual and gender minorities and the Sustainable Development Goals”, UNDP.

See: https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/sexual-and-gender-minorities.html

O’Reilly, Christiana; Flanigan, Annetta and Sullivan, Kate (2018): “Women, use your power: a gender assessment of Sierra Leone’s elections”, National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone and UNDP.

Organization of American States (2013): “Manual for Incorporating a Gender Perspective into OAS Electoral Observation Missions (OAS/EOMs).”

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/guide-training-material/manual-incorporating-gender-perspective-oas

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2004): “Handbook for Monitoring Women’s Participation in Elections”. See: https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/13938

OSCE/ODIHR (2014): “Handbook on Promoting Women’s Participation in Political Parties”.

See: https://www.osce.org/odihr/120877

OSCE/ODIHR (2017): “Making Laws Work for Women and Men: A Practical Guide to Gender-Sensitive Legislation”.

See: https://www.osce.org/odihr/327836

Palmieri, Sonia (2011): “Gender-Sensitive Parliaments: A Global Review of Good Practice”. Inter-Parliamentary Union, p. 61.

See: https://www.ipu.org/resources/publications/reports/2016-07/gender-sensitive-parliaments

Red Multicultural de Mujeres Trans and Acción Ciudadana (2016): “Informe del Observatorio para la Promoción del Voto de las Mujeres Trans Guatemaltecas. Segunda vuelta de elecciones Guatemala 2015”.

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association to the Human Rights Council, Thirty-eighth session, 13 June 2018.

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences on violence against women, A/73/301, 6 August 2018, submitted in accordance with Assembly resolution 71/170.

See: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/SRWomen/Pages/AnnualReports.aspx#ga

Reynolds, Andrew (2013): “Out in Office. LGBT Legislators and LGBT Rights Around the World”.

Reynolds, Andrew (2013): “Representation and Rights: the Impact of LGBT Legislators in Comparative Perspective”, in American Political Science Review. May 2013.

See: http://reynolds.web.unc.edu/downloads-2/

Rosas, Vivian; Llanos, Beatriz and Garzón de la Roza, Gisela (2011): “Gender and Political Parties: Far from Parity”. Inter-American Development Bank and International IDEA.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/partidos-politicos-y-paridad-la-ecuacion-pendiente?lang=en

Sacchet, Teresa (2005): “Political Parties: When do they work for Women?” United Nations.

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/2008/08/political-parties-when-do-they-work-women

Sidhu, Gretchen Luchsinger and Meena, Ruth (2007): “Electoral Financing to Advance Women’s Political Participation: A Guide for UNDP Support”. UNDP.

See: https://agora-parl.org/node/10216

Silva-Leander, Annika and Noonan, Joseph (2018): “Is the space for civil society really shrinking?” International IDEA, 17 July 2018.

See: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/space-civil-society-space-really-shrinking

Solijonov, Abdurashid (2016): “Voter Turnout Trends around the World”. International IDEA.

See: https://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/voter-turnout-trends-around-world

The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (2017): “The Women Situation Room in Africa”.

See: http://www.accord.org.za/conflict-trends/womens-situation-room-africa/

Tribunal Supremo Electoral de El Salvador (2014): Memoria Especial Elecciones 2014.

Tribunal Supremo Electoral de El Salvador, Dirección de Capacitación y Educación Cívica (2018): Instructivo para Juntas Receptoras de Votos. Elección de Diputaciones a Asamblea Legislativa y de integrantes a Concejos Municipales, domingo 4 de marzo 2018.

Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability. Press release. 25/01/2018.

See: http://tdea.pk/transgender-disabled-women-rights-activists-urge-ecp-sensitize-polling-staff/

UNESCO (2013): “Awareness and debate sessions emphasize the role of the journalists during elections”, in Media and Elections Journal. Edition 1, 1 July 2013.

United Nations (2005): “Women and elections. Guide to promoting the participation of women in elections.”

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/knowledge-library/guide-training-material/women-elections-guide-promoting-participation-women

United Nations for LGBT Equality: “Fact Sheet. LGBT Rights: Frequently Asked Questions.”

See: https://www.unfe.org/learn-more/

United Nations for LGBT Equality: “Fact Sheet. Homophobic and transphobic violence.”

See: https://www.unfe.org/learn-more/

United Nations for LGBT Equality: “Fact Sheet. Equality and Non-Discrimination.”

See: https://www.unfe.org/learn-more/

UN Resolution of the General Assembly 66/130 on Women and Political Participation, 2012.

See: http://www.un.org/en/ga/66/resolutions.shtml

UNDP: “Enhancing women’s participation throughout the electoral process” e-learning course.

See: http://iknowpolitics.org/en/learn/knowledge-resources/online-courses/undp-online-course-enhancing-women%E2%80%99s-participation

UNDP and UN Women (2012): “Survey on Gender Mainstreaming in Electoral Management Bodies”.

UNDP and NDI (2012): “Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties: A Guidebook to Promote Women’s Political Participation”. Lead author: Julie Ballington.

See: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/womens-empowerment/empower-women-political-parties.html

UNDP (2014): “Gender Equality in Public Administration.”

See: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/public_administration/gepa.html

UNDP (2014): “Gender Equality Women’s participation and leadership in governments at the local level, Asia and the Pacific 2013”.

See: http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/library/democratic_governance/gender-equality-in-local-gov-2013.html

UNDP (2015): “Observing elections from a gender perspective; UNDP builds capacity for women CSOs”.

See:http://www.ng.undp.org/content/nigeria/en/home/presscenter/articles/2015/02/03/observing-elections-from-a-gender-perspective-undp-builds-capacity-of-women-csos-.html

UNDP (2019): “Reference Guide on Women’s Representation and Political Participation for the Arab Region”, UNDP Regional Office for Arab States.

UNDP and UN Women (2016): “Inclusive Electoral Processes: A Guide for Electoral Management Bodies on Promoting Gender Equality and Women’s Participation”.

Main contributors: Julie Ballington, Gabrielle Bardall, Sonia Palmieri and Kate Sullivan.

See: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/electoral_systemsandprocesses/guide-for-electoral-management-bodies-on-promoting-gender-equali.html

UNDP and UN Women (2017): “Preventing Violence Against Women in Elections: A Programming Guide”.

Lead author: Julie Ballington. Contributing authors: Gabrielle Bardall and Gabriella Borovsky.

See: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/electoral_systemsandprocesses/preventing-violence-against-women-in-elections--a-programming-gu.html

UNDP/PGA (2017): “Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People: A Handbook for Parliamentarians”.

See: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/democratic-governance/parliamentary_development/advancing-the-human-rights-and-inclusion-of-lgbti-people--a-hand.html

United Nations Statistical Division (2010): “2015 World’s Women.”

See: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/worldswomen.html

UN Women (2012): “Annual Report 2011-2012.”

See: http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2012/8/annual-report-2011-2012

UN Women (2015): “Preparing Journalists to Promote Change: Training on Gender Sensitive Reporting in Timor Leste”. 1 June 2015.

See: http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/news-and-events/stories/2015/06/preparing-journalists-to-promote-change-training-on-gender-sensitive-reporting

UN Women Training Centre (2016): “Self-Learning Booklet: Understanding Masculinities and Violence Against Women and Girls”.

See: https://trainingcentre.unwomen.org/mod/data/view.php?d=6&rid=4171&lang=en

UN Women et al. (2017): “Electoral Gender Based Violence Training Facilitators Manual”, adapted draft working manual.

UN Women, OHCHR and SRVAW (2018): “Violence Against Women in Politics: Expert Group Meeting Report and Recommendations”, 8-9 March 2018, New York.

See: http://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2018/9/egm-report-violence-against-women-in-politics

Virginia Garcia Beaudoux (2017): “Dancing Backwards in High Heels: Women, Leadership and Power.” Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy.

Who Makes the News (2015): “Global Media Monitoring Project 2015”.

See: http://whomakesthenews.org/gmmp/gmmp-reports/gmmp-2015-reports

Women in Parliaments Global Forum (2016): “Social Media: Advancing Women in Politics?”

See: https://www.womenpoliticalleaders.org/event/launch-wip-facebook-harvard-report-use-social-media-women-politics-2/

PRESS ARTICLES

Boldrini, Angela (2018): Transexuais e travestis poderão votar com nome social, Folha de S. Paulo. 02/04/2018.

See: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2018/04/transexuais-e-travestis-poderao-votar-com-nome-social.shtml

El Telégrafo (2016): “Funcionarios son capacitados sobre los derechos de los GLBTI”, 23/07/2016.

See: https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/politica/3/funcionarios-son-capacitados-sobre-derechos-de-los-glbti

El Universo (2017): Transgéneros ecuatorianos votan por primera vez de acuerdo con el género elegido. 19/02/2017

See: https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2017/02/19/nota/6055933/transgeneros-ecuatorianos-votan-primera-vez-acuerdo-genero-elegido

Ghauri, Irfan (2017): Only 1,456 transgender listed from 97,02 million voters in electoral rolls. The Express Tribune. 21/10/2017.

See: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1537485/1-1456-transgender-listed-electoral-rolls/

Khan, Muhammad Salman (2018): “FAFEN hires 25 transgender persons as electoral observers” in The Express Tribune. 5 July 2018.

See: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1749937/1-fafen-hires-25-transgender-persons-electoral-observers/

La Razón (2018): “Democracia para todos… es ¡todos!”, 08/07/2018

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La Red 21 (2018): “Incrementa en Costa Rica violencia contra población LGBTI tras ascenso de político evangélico”. 18 February 2018.

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