National policy Briefs from Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia and Yemen

Regional Advocacy Strategy 2010-09-21 16:19:05 POLICY BRIEF: REGIONAL ACTION FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE ARAB WOMEN ELECTORAL AND LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGNS CAWTAR organized a regional roundtable on March 14, 2008 in Tunisia to disseminate the findings of its project and to deliberate on a regional advocacy strategy to intervene if its project is to effectively contribute to the support of Arab women in local governance in terms of their leadership and their accountability to their constituencies at the local level. CAWTAR’s partners attended the regional roundtable from the five countries covered by the project in addition to others from Arab countries, which witnessed either significant developments with respect to women entry to the political life such as Bahrain or growing relevant activism such as Morocco. The participants included NGOs, activists, women who had experience in running elections, training centers and representative of specialized regional networks and journalists. Participation of Women in Local Governance in Algeria 2007-12-24 18:28:39 The policy brief is based of national study conducted by Gustantine Local Governance Association, CAWTAR's partner. Based on the conviction of the study that the weak support of political parties and lack of political awareness among women, the policy brief includes key recommendations in order to enhance women representation in local governance in Algeria. click here to see text of policy brief. Women and Local Governance in Egypt 2007-10-04 14:35:04 ...Women’s roles in local councils cannot be established without activating the role of local councils themselves and determining their level of performance...based on this argument, the policy-brief include recommendations of measures to address this gap in order to increase women's participation in local governance in Egypt....click here to see text of policy brief Women’s Participation in Local Governance in Lebanon 2007-10-16 09:23:33 There is still a stalemate over the situation of Lebanese women at the level of the general legislative framework and political support of women's role, dwelling in this view the policy briefs includes recommendations to address the reasons behind the stalemate. Women’s Participation in Local Governance in Tunisia 2007-10-16 09:36:36 The Tunisia policy-briefs is based on national case study conducted to assess women's role in local governance with particular reference to two Tunisian provinces: AlKef and Safakis. Women and the Local Governance in Yemen 2007-10-13 18:36:58 The overall victory of women in consecutive elections in Yemen has not exceeded 0.6% and merely reflected the compounded obstacles created by national laws and policies governing political participation particularly when it comes to women representation at the local level.