Voicing Women Politicians' Concern
Women who have succeeded in entering the political realm; the experience can be a difficult one. In many instances, women parliamentarians are not viewed as equals by their male peers. Women are discovering that there exists greater strength in numbers. Women in several countries have realized that as a minority in parliament, it is advantageous to form alliance and coalition to affect changes. Parliamentary Women's caucuses formed in some countries are playing effective and important role which provide a practical forum and offer opportunity to mainstream gender issues in the work of parliament. These caucuses create bridges among representatives of different interests and ensure the support system for learning and sharing, skill upgrading and updating information feeding system. They increase the confidence of female legislators, who often have less political experience than male colleagues, by providing a vehicle for mentoring new policymakers. Thus more broadly, women's caucuses enhance democratic processes and strengthen legislatures.
Women parliamentary caucuses or inter-party women alliances formed at national level have been successful in achieving their objectives of increasing women's participation in politics, influencing policies, laws, plans and program from gender friendly perspective and fighting discrimination and violence against women. ... Read more>>
