GENDER EQUALITY

ParlAmericas supports parliamentary efforts to advance gender-sensitive legislative action. As a part of our gender equality program we create inclusive working spaces that foster peer-driven exchange of best practices, and provide specialized resources and support to strengthen these efforts. In close collaboration with civil society partners, our gender equality program also promotes women’s political leadership, including that of the next generation of empowered women leaders. Our work is informed by intersectional analysis, recognizing systems of discrimination and privilege that overlap with gender relations. Learn more


Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality

The ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality (PNGE) promotes women’s political leadership and gender mainstreaming in the agendas and operations of the national legislatures of the Americas and the Caribbean. Learn more


Gender Equality Toolkits (Online Portal) for Parliamentarians

ParlTools is an online, interactive space for self-guided learning that features toolkits on gender equality issues tailored for parliamentarians in the English-speaking Caribbean. The portal was developed in collaboration with the UN Women Multi-country Office for the Caribbean in response to a request from the sub-region. It and provides analytical tools to assist in scrutinizing laws and budgets, promoting women's leadership, and engaging constituents in the achievement of equitable and sustainable development outcomes.


Latest projects

WOMEN'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PROJECT

ParlAmericas has launched a project to build environments that enable women’s political leadership in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and the Forum of Women in Political Parties (FONAMUPP) in Panama.

                                          


OUR LATEST
PUBLICATIONS
    MAPPING GENDER-BASED POLITICAL HARRASMENT
       

       

Policy Guide:  Parental Leave   
   

          
Promoting Women's Candidacies
Parliamentarians speak out
(Interactive map)

Latest activities

Oct02
Virtual Meeting - Plenary sessionDesigning inclusive futures in partnership with youth
 
Report

AGENDA

DECLARATION

PRESS RELEASE

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW

RESOURCES

To learn more, please visit PNGE Activities.

Readings of interest


Evaluating the Gender-Sensitivity of Parliaments

IPU 2016


Empowering Women for Stronger Political Parties


NDI and UNDP 2011


#NotTheCost: Stopping Violence Against Women in Politics


NDI 2017


Gender Mainstreaming in Latin American Parliaments: A Work in Progress


International IDEA and Inter-Parliamentary Union 2011


Where are the Women? A Study of Women, Politics, Parliaments and Equality in the CARICOM Countries


UNDP 2015