Democracy Support Strategies: Leading with Women’s Political Empowerment

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Author: 
Thomas Carothers- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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This paper by Thomas Carothers of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discusses how international efforts to expand women's political empowerment could further enhance change in states working towards consolidated democracies.

'With many emerging democracies experiencing stagnation or setbacks, providers of democracy support are struggling to tailor assistance strategies to highly varied transitional contexts. As a crucial area of international aid for democracy as well as for development more generally, efforts to bolster women’s political empowerment share this challenge. Strategic differentiation not only helps identify what types of programs may be most effective in advancing gender equality in politics but also reveals how this work can be a critical lever for broader change where attempted transitions have slipped into dysfunctional patterns.'  

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Democracy Support Strategies: Leading With Women's Political Empowerment