City Hall Still a Reach for Women in Mexico | March 7, 2012

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The small-town party bosses told her to forget it. Her husband, too, scoffed at the idea as preposterous. And deep down, María Teresa Domínguez had her own doubts.

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Constitutional Assembly Election Plans Explained and Debated in Tripoli | March 5, 2012

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The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held a workshop for political parties on 1 March at Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel, at which the specific date for the elections to the constituent assembly was announced. It is Wednesday 20 June.

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Sierra Leone: National Democratic Institute Calls for Women, Disabled Participation | Feb. 24, 2012

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The National Democratic Institute (NDI) yesterday urged political parties to involve women, youth and persons with disability in the forthcoming presidential, parliamentary and local council elections slated for November 17 this year.

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New Guide Helps Break Glass Ceiling for Women in Political Parties

“Parties that take women’s political participation seriously benefit from stronger electoral positions, access to new groups of voters and stronger relations with their constituents,” NDI President Kenneth Wollack said at the Feb. 29 launch of a new guidebook for political parties.

The guide, Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties: A Good Practices Guide to Promote Women’s Political Participation, was written and produced by the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) and NDI. 

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Campaign Manual Launched | Jan. 24, 2012

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A manual to guide politicians on effective campaign strategy has been launched. The book, Leadership and Campaign Academy, was developed the the National Democratic Institute to provide insights on how to assess ones strengths and weaknesses.

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Teen Activist Receives Pakistan's National Peace Award

Malala Yousufzai, a 13-year-old girl from the tribal area of Swat, has been awarded Pakistan’s first ever Peace Award for Youth for her bravery in reporting the details of a bloody Taliban insurgency in the region.

Yousufzai wrote anonymous diaries for the BBC that related how the Taliban were blowing up schools for girls and engaging in killings and beheadings.  In the absence of media reports, Yousufzai’s was the only voice the world was hearing from Swat. 

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