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El miércoles 26 de febrero de 2020, Brasil reportó el primer caso de una persona contagiada con el virus SARS-CoV-2. El 7 de marzo, falleció en Argentina la primera persona a causa de covid-19. Apenas cuatro días después, el 11 de marzo, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró que el coronavirus era una pandemia global.

Para entender la situación actual del COVID-19 en América Latina y su impacto en las democracias de la región, le invitamos a seguir cada lunes a las 12:00 pm (CDT), en Aristegui Noticias, las mesas de discusión 2020: La Pandemia, coordinadas por Daniel Zovatto, Director Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de IDEA Internacional.

More than 160  leaders from Latin America, including 21 former presidents, have signed a joint declaration calling to defend democracy in the region. The document, brought forward by renowned pro-democracy organizations, warns that our cherished civil freedoms are threatened by political actors who could use the crisis to illegitimately tighten their grip on power.

Más de 160 mujeres y hombres líderes políticos de América Latina, incluyendo a 21 exmandatarias y exmandatarios, han firmado una declaración conjunta llamando a defender la democracia en la región. El documento, impulsado por renombradas organizaciones prodemocráticas, advierte que las libertades que tanto apreciamos están amenazadas por actores políticos que podrían utilizar la pandemia para reforzar ilegítimamente su poder.

Colocando la paridad de género y la participación juvenil a la vanguardia de la agenda política.

Alejandra Sanabria y Maria Sol Arrúa, creen que la política no debería cambiar a una mujer cuando se involucra con ella. En cambio, las mujeres deberían estar cambiando activamente el sistema político.

Pushing gender parity and youth participation to the forefront of the political agenda

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

Aclaración: Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son exclusivas de su autor e independientes de intereses nacionales o políticos particulares. Además, estas opiniones no representan necesariamente la posición institucional de IDEA Internacional, su Junta de Asesores o su Consejo de Estados Miembros.

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Women around the world make up over half of the total population, but their numbers in decision-making positions are yet to reach equality with men. Paraguay is no exception. In recent years the number of female candidates at all levels is on the rise but results from last year’s General Elections show a relative stagnation in the number of women elected to office. Presently all 17 governors are men, and there was only one female governor in the previous administration.

Disclaimer: Views expressed in this commentary are those of the staff member. This commentary is independent of specific national or political interests. Views expressed do not necessarily represent the institutional position of International IDEA, its Board of Advisers or its Council of Member States.

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On 22 April 2018, Paraguay held its seventh general elections in its history to renew national, local and MERCOSUR authorities, in a context of macro-economic stability, with an average economic growth of 4 per cent, well above its neighboring countries, but with high levels of uncertainty in the political sphere.

For the first time in Paraguay’s history, International IDEA, collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Paraguay, organized four BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) workshops as part of the European Union’s Promotion of Democracy through Capacity Development of the National Electoral Management Body

The Superior Electoral Tribunal of Paraguay partners with International IDEA to organize workshops to explore the challenges and ways forward to enhance women’s political participation and promote their citizenship rights in the country.

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International IDEA's Latin America and Caribbean programme responds to requests from actors in Paraguay to build capacity through technical assistance, comparative applied knowledge resources and by providing a space for dialogue.

On Monday, 22 August 2016, the Superior Tribunal of Electoral Justice (STEJ) of Paraguay, the European Union Delegation in Paraguay and the Mission of International IDEA, gathered at the headquarters of the STEJ to coordinate joint actions with an objective of cooperating on the institutional strengthening of the electoral organ.

La participación política de las mujeres ha demostrado grandes avances en los últimos años. Al parecer los diversos países del mundo se encuentran un búsqueda de la paridad de género en la política, pero ¿qué tan cerca estamos de ella?

Gender quotas are numerical targets that stipulate the number or percentage of women that must be included in a candidate list or the number of seats to be allocated to women in a legislature. They aim to reverse discrimination in law and practice and to level the playing field for women and men in politics.

An effective electoral justice system is a key element in the unfolding of a free, fair and genuine democratic process.

Without a system to mitigate and manage inequality or perceptions of inequality, even the best management of an electoral process may lead to mistrust in the legitimacy of the elected government.