From Policy to Impact: Report on GPGF’s March Forum
This week’s blog reports on the first session of a forum held between GPGF and the Oliy Majlis on the the role of parliaments in overseeing the promotion of Human Rights. The Human Rights Commission on Follow-Up...
Parliaments & Public Engagement: An outline of our Guide to Parliament
This week’s blog outlines the 9th paper of our Guide to Parliament series, in which GPG’s Associate Aileen Walker reflects on good public engagement practice for parliaments across the globe and suggest...
Not so equal communist heritage: The ‘invisible barrier’ for women in the Post-Soviet space
Project Officer Elizabett Yashneva reflects on growing up in a Post-Soviet state and comments on the communist legacy and its contribution to women’s rights across the former USSR. She concludes that important strides...
The UK International Development Committee kicks off an inquiry on the Philosophy and Culture of Aid
GPG’s Deputy Director Rhiannon Hollis examines the International Development Committee’s forthcoming inquiry on the Philosophy and Culture of Aid, and how it relates to GPG’s programmes and...
Marking International Women’s Day in Lebanon
This blog was written for GPG by Eva Barboni, Founder & CEO of Atalanta. She examines how the multiple crises Lebanon went through in the past year particularly impacted women, and reflects on the...
Kuwait: Elections in the time of Covid-19
This week’s blog was written by GPG’s MENA Project Manager Nayla Zein, who reflects on the recent parliamentary elections in Kuwait and what their results mean for female representation and democracy in the...
Jordan elections: time to rebuild the trust?
This blog was written by GPG’s Senior Project Manager Batool Al-Refaai, who reports on the recent Jordanian general elections and the deterioration of the country’s trust in its representatives in the heart of a...
Fear for the future of Myanmar
Former MP and Scottish Government Minister Margaret Curran, who worked with the UNDP in Myanmar and conducted several visits in the country, writes this week’s blog. She reflects on the recent events in Myanmar and...
Four Presidents and two Congresses later, what is next for Peru?
This blog was written for GPG by Claudia Sevillano, Lecturer of Economics and Law at PUCP (Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Peru). In this piece, she recounts the many developments Peru went through in recent years and...
Can men be good allies?
In this blog, GPG’s Project Coordination Assistant Mia Marty recalls her impressions of a project she recently contributed to: our training course on building male allyship to support Women’s representation in...