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Does the WW articulate women’s interests and opinions pertaining to the party’s internal and
external policies?
4. Is the task of writing the party manifesto and electoral promises stipulated in the party bylaws?
If these were written by an elected work group, how many female members did it have last time
the manifesto was written?
5. What about financial support to candidates – is this written in the bylaws? Is the system of
financial support transparent? Do women get an equal share?
The practices of your party:
1. Who raises money for the party and how?
2. At what times of the day are the party meetings held? Is it possible for mothers of small children
to attend? Does the party pay for child care? Is it acceptable to bring children to a less formal
meeting? Do meetings often last longer than scheduled, till late at night?
3. Who gets media coverage time? Who decides about this?
4. Who makes coffee or tea for meetings? Who takes responsibility over volunteer work between
the elections and during the electoral campaigns?
5. Is the membership data of your party disaggregated by sex? What is the ratio of female to
male party members?
6. Has the party written a gender equality policy? If it has, but it is not followed in practice,
what explanation is given? Are there any sanctions?
7. Does your party have harassment policy and a complaint mechanism? If someone gets sexually
harassed in a party function, what are the proceedings?
The auditing process can be an eye opener, but in itself it does not change anything. Concrete steps are
needed, the writing of a strategic Gender Action Plan (GAP) with definite goals, carefully planned
measures of how to reach the goals, and a timeline.
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