Women and fairness of elections

My colleague Lesley Abdela and I are compiling a report for the United Nations designed to increase the fairness of elections as far as women are concerned. I hope readers will send examples of good practice and also bad practice, for inclusion in the report. Please e-mail Tim Symonds on [email][email protected] We want to find material on women and elections around the world, particularly on steps taken to increase women's participation in national, local, county, or regional or municipal elections, in the following categories: 1. Actions and campaigns by women's NGOs to increase women's participation in elections; 2. Female voter education; 3. Women candidates; 4. Impact on women of election laws; 5. Quotas; 6. Raising funds for female candidates; 7. Media coverage at election time on issues of special importance to women; 8. Steps to make voter registration accessible for women; 9. Minimising intimidation of female voters/candidates; 10. matters concerning illiteracy. All contributions used in the report will be fully acknowledged.