Publications

Violence Against Women in Elections in Haiti: An IFES Assessment

Violence Against Women in Elections in Zimbabwe: An IFES Assessment

The Washington Post - The Monkey Cage

What is The Monkey Cage? “Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.” — H.L. Mencken The Monkey Cage’s mission is...

Women in Political Life Say #MeToo:Here’s How Harassment and Violence Limit Their Political Lives...

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal last week, millions of women and men took to social media to speak out against sexual...

Preventing & Combating Sexism at the Local Level in Ukraine: A Guide for Women and Men...

Equal participation for women and men in politics and at all levels of decision-making has been widely acknowledged as essential to more...

Gender-Specific Election Violence: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

The rising influence of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has paralleled the rapid development of women’s political...

Democracy’s Promise Unfulfilled while Violence against Women in Politics Persists

In October 2018, the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and Girls presented a...

Breaking the Mold: Understanding Gender and Electoral Violence

Women around the world are playing increasingly visible roles in the poltiical processes of their countries as voters, candidates,...

Defending Democracy in Digital Spaces: Ending Violence Against Women in Politics Online

Political violence is unfolding in our pockets-on our phones and devices and across the social media we consume-and it is targeting women...

Violence Against Women in Elections Online: A Social Media Analysis Tool

Around the world, women frequently experience harassment and violence when they decide to exercise their political rights. Information...

The role of information and communication technologies in facilitating and resisting ...

Technological developments move at lightening pace and can be bring with them new possibilities for social harm. This book brings...

Violence, Politics, and Gender

This article presents a conceptual orientation to the intersection of gender, politics, and violence. The first part of the article will...

How is Political Violence Gendered? Disentangling Motives, Forms, and Impacts

How is political violence gendered? We connect the traditional political violence literature’s emphasis on categorizing attacks to the...

An overview of policy responses and solutions to violence against women in politics

Preventing violence against women in elections: A programming guide

The publication “Preventing violence against women in elections: A programming guide”, jointly produced by UN Women and UNDP, brings to...