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This study analyses the leadership and political participation of women through,
- assessing the historical voting practices in constituencies as they relate to women candidates,
- characterising the type of voters who are more and less inclined to vote for women candidates and why this is the case, and
- identifying the factors that are considered as the most significant in limiting or enabling electoral success.
This assessment identifies challenges and makes recommendations for mechanisms to undertake an integrated approach for the upcoming electoral events. This assessment focused on the context analysis based on the secondary literatures and feedback from different stakeholders.
EC-UNDP electoral assistance Guidelines
In 2006, the European Commission and UNDP strengthened and formalized their de facto partnership in the field of international electoral assistance with the signature of the Electoral Assistance Guidelines.
The Guidelines were renewed in 2008 and most recently in April 2016, when they were officially endorsed and signed by the UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and the Commissioner Neven Mimica (see video of the event below).
The Guidelines establish the Joint Task Force on Electoral Assistance and set parameters for cooperation between the two organizations on issues such as project formulation, recruitment, visibility and operational support to the ongoing projects and troubleshooting.