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
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.
Latest Activities
November 22 | Panama City, Panama
PRESENTATIONS
- Gender-based political violence in the digital sphere in Latin America. Marcela Ríos Tobar, International IDEA (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women (“Convention of Belém do Pará”). Organization of American States, 1994
- MESECVI Document on Cyber Violence. Organization of American States, 2020
- Political Gender Violence in the Digital Sphere in Latin America. International IDEA, 2024 (in Spanish)
- State of Legislation on Gender Violence. Eurosocial, 2022
