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Women as Voters Women and Elections

Understand barriers to women's voting, voter outreach tools, and electoral violence. Topics include reasons to target women, outreach types, tech use, and violence prevention strategies.

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Women as Voters Women and Elections

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  1. Women as VotersWomen and Elections The National Democratic Institute

  2. INTRODUCTIONS/ GROUND RULES • Introductions • Ground rules • Ice breaker exercise

  3. OBJECTIVES • To understand the barriers to women’s participation as voters • To increase awareness of reasons, types, tools for effective voter outreach to women

  4. TOPICS • Why target women? • Barriers to women’s participation as voters • Types of voter outreach • Tools for voter outreach • Technology • Electoral violence

  5. KEY TERMS • Family voting • Proxy voting • Violence against women in politics • Electoral violence

  6. WHY TARGET WOMEN? • Historically low voter turnout • Gendered barriers to participation • In parties/candidates strategic interest Photo: National Democratic Institute

  7. WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS • Adapt this slide to include statistics from recent elections in target country/ies Photo: lbcherney, NDI

  8. BARRIERS FOR WOMEN • Institutional barriers Photo: National Democratic Institute

  9. BARRIERS FOR WOMEN • Social /cultural barriers Photo: By NDI partner Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC)- Edo State

  10. VOTER OUTREACH TO WOMEN • Research targeted groups and tailor messages • Develop/Target message to women voters • Target efforts to specific constituencies

  11. TYPES OF VOTER OUTREACH • Voter and civic education • Voter registration • Public service campaigns

  12. TYPES OF VOTER OUTREACH • Issue outreach • Candidate specific • Get out the vote initiatives Photo: lrobinsonNDI

  13. OUTREACH TOOLS • Posters • Mobile messaging • Social media • Door-to-door • Events • Radio

  14. EXAMPLE: VOTER EDUCATION IN LIBYA • Trained CSOs to conduct voter education for women • Shared Tunisian experience • Used surveys to identify: • Women’s barriers, motivations to voting • Outreach mechanisms

  15. EXAMPLE: LEBANON Photo: NDI

  16. TECHNOLOGY • Using mapping/reporting tools • New technologies and voter education • Access and tech literacy issues Photo: NDI

  17. GENDER-BASED ELECTORAL VIOLENCE • Revisit definition • Zimbabwe case study Photo: Getty Images

  18. STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED ELECTORAL VIOLENCE • Awareness raising • Role of oversight institutions • Role of civil society • Legal instruments

  19. EXERCISE: TARGETING WOMEN VOTERS • Think about the phase in the electoral process • Develop an outreach plan to target women voters Photo: National Democratic Institute

  20. WOMEN AS VOTERS REVIEW • Why target women? • Barriers to women’s participation as voters • Types of voter outreach • Tools for voter outreach • Technology • Electoral violence • Questions? • Feedback?

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