The Asia Foundation

Increasing women’s participation in governance in KP and enabling women councilors to more actively and effectively participate in local decision making in Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Mansehra, and Haripur districts.

Strengthening the capacity of women-elected representatives; Developing reference materials, training newly-elected women parliamentarians, and facilitating networks for women-elected representatives.

Participation by two women leaders in the “Vital Voices of Asia: Women’s Leadership" and “Women as an Economic Force”; “Safeguarding Women’s Human Rights: Combating Violence Against Women and Human Trafficking”; and “Women in Political Leadership: Fostering Good Governance and Transparency.”

Strengthening the capacity of women-elected representatives in South Sulawesi; Training newly elected women parliamentarians and facilitating networks for women-elected representatives.

Strengthening the capacity of women-elected representatives in East Java; Training newly elected women parliamentarians, and facilitating networks for women-elected representatives.

Promoting grassroots civic participation by Acehnese women; Providing village women with basic knowledge about their rights as citizens; Developing village-level micro-credit groups for women, and supporting formation of district-level micro-finance institutions that are cooperatively run by women’s village groups.

Strengthening the capacity of women-elected representatives in Aceh; Training newly elected women parliamentarians and facilitating networks for women-elected representatives.

Advocacy campaign to decrease the male to female registration differentials in the Computerized National Identity Card program in model districts; Assessment study of male to female registration status and associated campaign with analysis of reasons for low registration among women.

Forums and study tours for female commune councilors in Kratie, Stung Treng, Mondolkiri, and Ratanakiri provinces, aimed at increasing their effectiveness in formal government positions and encouraging them to network on shared issues and challenges.

Raising awareness about the democratic process and women’s participation for the 2009 Afghan presidential election.

Implementation of Gender and Election trainings in three provinces (Uruzgan, Paktika, and Khost).

Increasing women's participation in governance in the NWFP and enabling women councilors to more actively and effectively participate in local decisionmaking implemented in districts Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Mansehra, and Haripur.

Promoting women candidates from civil society and all political parties through development of a database of potential women legislators; Advocacy efforts and training for elected women parliamentarians; Publishing a comprehensive candidate's guideline and reference book for elected representatives; Advocacy for inclusion of gender perspectives in the amendment of political laws.

Encouraging women to increase their participation in elections as a basic element of democracy.

Producing public service announcements in Dari and Pashto on the promotion of women's participation in the political process through radio and television.

Strengthening the role of female election observers in the Afghan democratic process.

National forum to commemorate International Women's Week.

Supporting women candidates' capacity to increase women's political representation in South Sulawesi; Media campaign to promote women candidates from all political parties running in the 2009 general elections; Training for elected local women representatives in South Sulawesi.

Supporting women candidates' capacity to increase women's political representation in East Java; Media campaign to promote women candidates from all political parties running in the 2009 general elections; Training for elected local women representatives in East Java.

Support materials for the training of trainers workshop for Lao women to increase the representation of women holding political office and decisionmaking positions, particularly at the local level.

Supporting the Vice President of the National Assembly of Laos, the Director General of the Department for International Affairs at the National Assembly, and Vice President from the Lao Women's Union to attend the training on "Making Governance Gender Responsive," held in Manila, Philippines. The training was organized by the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP).

Research, survey, and seminars to promote the engagement of marginalized youth in democratic development activities.

Media campaign to promote women's political participation and increase visibility of women candidates.

Enhancing Muslim women's capacity in mitigating election-related violence in the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.

Publication of technical guidelines for carrying out gender sensitive and pro-poor local development planning meetings; Technical assistance for local government officials and facilitators in the District of Bandung and Sumedang to use the gender sensitive guidelines for development planning meetings; Supporting women's participation in the development planning and budgetary processes.

Empowering Acehnese women through the development of a grass roots civic education program in four districts. The program aims to provide women at the village level with basic knowledge on their rights as citizens and ways to advocate for their needs and services; Supporting women's village-level micro-credit groups and capacity building for district-level micro-finance institutions that are formed and run as cooperatives by the women's village groups.

Supporting women candidates' capacity to increase women's political representation in Aceh; Media campaign to promote women candidates from all political parties running in the 2009 general elections; Training for elected local women representatives in Aceh.

Focused advocacy campaign to decrease the male to female Computerized National Identity Card registration differentials in model districts; Assessment study of male to female registration status and associated campaign with analysis of reasons for low registration among women.

Production of audio visual materials on promoting the participation of ethnic women in local governance.

Supporting female commune councilors in Kratie, Stung Treng, Mondolkiri, and Ratanakiri provinces through forums aimed at networking female councilors to share issues and challenges, and work together to find solutions to these problems.

Transportation expenses of two Indonesians as resource persons during the Short Course on Islam and Gender.

Increasing women’s participation in the local government system and enabling women councilors to more actively and effectively participate in local decision-making. These associations go beyond party affiliations and politics to address the common interests of women representatives and citizens.

Economic and social empowerment of Acehnese women through the development of village-based learning centers. The program aims to provide women at the village level with basic knowledge on their rights as citizens and ways to advocate for their needs and services.

Promotion of women candidates from civil society and all political parties through development of a database of potential women legislators; Advocacy and training for increasing women’s political representation in Indonesia; Publishing of a comprehensive candidate’s guideline; Advocacy for inclusion of gender perspectives in the amendment of political laws.

Strengthening the leadership and advocacy capacity of women representatives in North-West-Frontier-Province (N.W.F.P).

Women candidates capacity to increase women’s political representation in South Sulawesi; Media campaign to promote women candidates from all political parties for running in 2009 general elections.

Training program in civic participation in local governance to enhance the participation of hill tribe minority women in local politics.

Improvement of the leadership skills of Lao women to increase the representation of women holding political office and decision-making positions, particularly at the local level.

Research on the process and impact of gender mainstreaming in local governance in Chiang Mai Province.

Media campaign to promote women’s political participation and increase visibility of women candidates.

Support for the initial preparation to increase women’s political representation in
Indonesia through compilation of databases of women candidates from civil society networks.

Support for the initial preparation to increase women’s political representation in
Indonesia through the creation of a database of women candidates from all political parties;
Publishing of a comprehensive analysis of political laws; Advocacy for inclusion of gender
perspectives in the amendment of political laws.

Luncheon lecture on “Policies of Political Parties on Women and on Women Election
Candidates.”

Support and increase meaningful participation in elections by involving youth, women, and other groups of people typically disengaged from democratic processes. Coordinate activities pertaining to elections. Observe all aspects of pre and post-election activities--including the integrity of the new electoral roll, helping to reduce violence through coordinated domestic monitoring, increasing women’s participation, and training media to report on election processes.

Advocacy for women’s political representation in Indonesia through a nationwide text message (SMS) campaign and printed media campaign.