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Women in government, law and justice

Slo slo: increasing women's representation in parliament in Vanuatu (pdf 150kb)

This paper examines the strategies used to increase women's representation in parliament in Vanuatu, and the challenges experienced with such approaches.

Strategies that are explored in the paper include:

- Lobbying political parties to nominate women candidates
- Voter education
- Training workshops
- Research

It also looks at case studies of women who succeeded in being elected to parliament, how they did it and the challenges they faced.

 

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