Women Use Budgets to Promote Gender Equality in Eurasia

by Kristina Jeffers in Washington, DC
Gender, Women and Democracy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Armenia 

Armenian, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz women activists gathered to learn about holding governments accountable for the impact of laws and policies on women in particular.

This December, women activists from Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan came together for a four-day gender responsive budgeting (GRB) workshop sponsored by NDI to begin wrestling with this problem. More than 30 participants gathered in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to discuss the theory and practice of GRB, and to jointly develop GRB programs for implementation in their own countries.

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Women Making Democracy Happen

by Ken Wollack in Washington, DC
Gender, Women and Democracy Kyrgyzstan Burkina Faso Kenya Sudan South Sudan Ukraine Mexico 

Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate all that women have achieved while recognizing the barriers that still stand in the way of gender equality.

This year’s theme is “Make It Happen.” Since its founding in 1983, NDI has sought to live those words by helping to give women the tools to participate, compete and lead as equal and active partners in democratic change.

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