Organizations Promoting Women's Political Participation in Parliaments
The following list is a sample of some of the organizations working either regionally or globally and having a specific focus on promoting women in parliament; it is by no means a comprehensive list of such organizations.
International IDEA is in the process of compiling a survey of all organizations and institutions which provide training, support or assistance, or all three, to women developing political careers.
Please send information which you would like to have included in this survey to the International IDEA Gender Programme.
(International IDEA, Gender Programme, Strömsborg S-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden)
Association of West European
Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA)
Prins Hendrikkade 48,
1012 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fax: +31 (20) 622 0130
Center for Asia-Pacific
Women in Politics (CAPWIP)
Room 304, Philippine Social Science Center,
Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman,
Quezon City, Philippines
Fax: +63 (2) 456 1923
Gender and Youth Affairs Division
Commonwealth Secretariat,
Marlborough House, Pall Mall,
London SW1Y 5HX, United Kingdom
Fax: +44 (171) 930 1647
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Place du Petit-Saconnex, Case Postale 438,
1211 Geneva, Switzerland,
Fax: +41 (22) 733 3141
National Democratic Institute
for International Affairs (NDI)
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Fifth Floor, Washington DC 20036
United States of America
Fax: +1 (202) 939 3166
Organization of Women Parliamentarians
from Muslim Countries
Secretariat 225, Street 21, Sector E-7
Islamabad, Pakistan
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
211 East 43rd Street, suite 1604,
New York, NY 10017, United States of America
Fax: +1 (212) 687 8409
South Asian Network for Political
Empowerment of Women (SANPEW)
c/o Center for Social Research
C - 4/66 Safdarjung Development Area
New Delhi 110 016, India
Fax: +91 (11) 688 5368, (11) 686 3697
Southern African Development
Community (SADC)
Regional Parliamentary Group
SADC House, Private Bag 0095
Gaborone, Botswana
Fax: +267 372 848
