Promoting women's participation in the political domain

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This proposal focuses on the equal participation and representation of women and men in political decision making. Proposed activities/WP: 1. Research based piece mapping National gender equality strategies to promoting equal representation of women and men in political decision making and the correlation between those strategies and voters’ behavior related to gender equality. Cross country comparison; countries higher vs lower in the equality index. Produce a scientific publication related to these findings. 2. Development of national strategies to promote equality between men and women in political decision making. These will be bespoke to both counties scoring higher or lower on the equality index. Emphasis will be given to sharing best practices, embedding robust Impact Measurement processes in order to quantify and track the succession of these strategies for each sector. 3. Engagement with local political parties national bodies related to gender equality to locally inject the findings of the research and translate into National policies. Using platforms such as public dialogues, conferences and round table discussions with related individuals. 4. Organize media strategies specifically to be utilized during key electoral moments. Target Groups (Direct/Indirect): • Gender equality bodies • Female voters • Political parties • Female and Male candidates of local, National or European elections • Female voters • Media Provisional WP Titles WP1: Management and Coordination WP2: Research & Mapping of Gender Equality Strategies WP3: Development of National strategies and Piloting WP4: Utilizing the suggested National strategies to relevant political affiliated bodies and/or related to women empowerment and equality bodies. WP5: Communication via the Media and awareness raising campaign