enhancing the role of women undp-yemen electoral support programme
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Enhancing The Role of Women UNDP-Yemen Electoral Support Programme Global Practice Meeting on Electoral Systems and Processes Manila, Philippines 15-18 October 2004. Background. 1990: Unification 1993, 1997, 2003: Three multi-party Parliamentary elections - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Enhancing The Role of Women
UNDP-Yemen Electoral Support Programme
Global Practice Meeting on Electoral Systems and Processes
Manila, Philippines15-18 October 2004
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Background
1990: Unification
1993, 1997, 2003: Three multi-party Parliamentary elections
1999: First Presidential elections
2001: Local Council elections
2001: Establishment of the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referenda (SCER)
2006: Local Councils and Presidential
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UN Assistance
UN Electoral Assistance in Yemen: – 1997 Parliamentary – 1999 Presidential – 2001 Local Councils
2003: UNDP/UN Support to 2003 Parliamentary elections
2004 - 2006: UNDP support to local councils and Presidential elections 2006
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Strategic Areas of Support
Electoral Administration Voter Registration ProcessDecentralization Process of the
SCER (333 Districts and 22 governorates)
Training of Registration Workers and Polling Station Officials
Voter Education Campaign
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Women Voters
Total population estimated at 18 million in 2000 (Yemen MDGR 2003 -
http://www.mpic-yemen.org/dsp/mdgs/PERFACE-2.pdf)
1997 2003
Registered Voters
62% of 5.6 ml.
76% of 8 ml.
Women voters total 42% of electorate
1.7 million(30%)
3.4 million(41%)
(74.4% of reg. female voters)
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Challenges of Voters Education
Campaigns
Gender Disparity – Registered voters– Women’s participation
Illiteracy Rate NHDR (2000) - http://www.mpic-yemen.org/dsp/humandev.htm– Adult illiteracy: 47.3%– Female illiteracy: 61.5%
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Voters Education: Means and Channels
Involve Civil Society (not political parties) to conduct civic and voter education activities;
Publications, printed material, banners, Large scale advertising even on “dabbabs”;
SMS messaging
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Info tent: Special times/days were allocated exclusively for women
Voters Education: Means and Channels
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Mobile Van: Were mounted with special panels depicting on one side a woman voting and on the other side a man;
TV: One programme was customized for targeting women
Voters Education: Means and Channels
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Women as Candidates
Only 10 Women candidates out of 1, 393 Out of 22 political parties only 4 put forward
female candidates Of the 9 members of SCER – none are women Of 60 supervisory committees, none had
women Of the 19 trainers, none were women Out of 31 Basic Committees, 3 are women Women were present at the level of sub-
committees - Segregation requires female
registration and election committees
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Developments for 2006 Elections
A new Department for women’s issues is being established in the SCER
The quota proposal was developed by SCER in collaboration with political parties and the assistance of NDI - decree is submitted to Parliament for approval
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Lessons learned from Phase I
Voter Education efforts must link women’s participation with religious instructions in order to counter unsubstantiated claims that female are banned from political participation by religion;
More understanding of women’s rights;
Further Capacity building of Yemeni NGOs
Involvement of Political Parties
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