WCDI

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WCDI WOMENS VOTERS
WCDI 2006 Parliamentary ElectionsWCI ANTICO May
December 2006

• UNION OF WOMENS ORGANIZATIONS OF MACEDONIA
• (UWOM)
• May November 2006

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OBJECTIVES
WCI - Antico

• INCREASING OF CONFIDENCE, POLITICAL LEADING
  SKILLS AND GENDER SENSIBILITY FOR WOMEN THAT WERE
  CANDIDATES ON ELECTION LISTS OF POLITICAL
  PARTIES.
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• INITIATING OF PUBLIC ACTIVISM, NETWORKING, SELF-
  ORGANIZATION AND MOTIVATION OF WOMEN FOR
  POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERTAKING A ROLLS AND
  ACTIVITIES IN LEADING POSITIONS.
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• INFLUENCE IN IMPROVEMENT OF WORK OF INSTITUTIONAL
  MECHANISMS FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GENDER EQUALITY
  (ESTABLISHING AND FUNCTION OF GENDER COMMISSIONS
  ON LOCAL LEVEL)
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• SUPPORT OF WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENT MEMBER

UWOM

• TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FEMALE VOTERS DURING
  THE PARLIAMENTARIAN ELECTIONS 2006 AND INCREASING
  OF THE PERCENT OF THE VOTING POLL ENTRANCE OF
  WOMEN
• TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT OF SELF-ORGANIZING THE
  WOMENS ACTIVISTS FROM NGO IN STRONG VOTING BODY
  THAT GIVES SUPPORT OF THE FEMALE CANDIDATES
• TO PREVENT FAMILY VOTING THROUGH INCREASING THE
  INFORMATION OF WOMEN ABOUT THEIR VOTING RIGHTS,
  PROCESS AND VOTING PROCEDURE.

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TARGET GROUP(S)
WCI - Antico

• PRIMARY TARGET GROUP (DIRECT BENEFICIATES) 220
  WOMEN 139 (63.18) POLITICAL PARTIES 50
  (22.7)NGO 1 (0.4) BUSINESS 3 (1.36) MEDIAS
  5(2.27) COUNCILOR FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
  OTHER 22(10).
• SECONDARY TARGET GROUP 818 WOMEN AND MEN
  PARTICIPANTS ON LOCAL ACTIONS, POLITICAL PARTIES,
  MAJORS, WOMEN AND MEN IN GOVERNMENTAL
  INSTITUTIONS, PARLIAMENT AND INSTITUTIONS AND
  WIDER PUBLIC.

UWOM

• WOMEN VOTERS FROM 84 MUNICIPALITIES AND CITY OF
  SKOPJE (40 RURAL AND 45 URBAN MUNICIPALITIES)
• 2125 WOMEN WORKSHOPS PARTICIPANTS FROM ETHNICAL
  BACKGROUND MACEDONIANS, ALBANIANS, SERBIANS,
  TURKISH AND VLACH
• INDIRECTLY FEMALE CANDIDATES OF THE
  PARLIAMENTARIAN ELECTIONS 2006
• SECONDARY TARGET GROUP OF BENEFICIARIES ARE
  FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, POLITICAL
  PARTIES AND ELECTED FEMALE CANDIDATES.

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ACTIVITIES
WCI - Antico

• ESTABLISHING CONTACTS AND COOPERATION WITH 15
  POLITICAL PARTIES 10 DEPARTMENTS OF LOCAL
  GOVERNMENT MAYORS, COUNCILLORS, CANDIDATES FOR
  PARLIAMENT MEMBERS
• SIGNING MEMO OF COOPERATION WITH POLITICAL
  PARTIES
• ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCTING 10 TWO-DAY
  SEMINARS WOMEN CAN DO IT
• IMPLEMENTATION OD 6 PUBLIC ACTIONS WITH 30
  DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES FOR LOBBING AND ADVOCACY
  PUBLIC DEBATES, TRIBUNES, TV SHOWS, ORGANIZATION
  OF STREET AND MEDIA CAMPAIGNS
• RESEARCH AND PRINTING 10.000 PROMOTION
  MATERIALS,
• MEDIA AND PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE WOMEN
  CANDIDATES FOR PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS
• EVALUATIVE SEMINAR

UWOM

• NATIONAL SEMINARS TOT (100 FEMALE ACTIVISTS)
• LOCAL WORKSHOPS IN ALL 84 MUNICIPALITIES AND CITY
  OF SKOPJE WITH 25 PARTICIPANTS-WOMEN VOTERS.
  TOTAL NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT WORKSHOPS
  2125 WOMENS
• PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATION OF THE 10 000 COPIES
  OF VOTING MANUAL AT ALL THE LANGUAGES OF ETHNICAL
  COMMUNITIES IN MACEDONIA
• BUILDING THE NETWORK FROM 200 EDUCATED NGOS
  FEMALE ACTIVISTS IN LOCAL LOBBY GROUPS LIKE
  FEMALE VOTING BODY TO PROMOTE THE FEMALE
  CANDIDATES IN PE 2006
• FOLLOW UP OF ELECTED FEMALE MPS.

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RESULTS
WCI - Antico

• 220 PARTICIPANTS WERE TRAINED THROUGH 10
  TWO-DAY WCDI WORKSHOPS
• FROM THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE
  4 WCDI SEMINARS 15, 38 WERE ELECTED IN THE
  PARLIAMENT AND TODAY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN
  WORK OF MACEDONIAN PARLIAMENT
• FROM WHOLE NUMBER OF WOMEN ELECTED AS A
  REPRESENTATIVE IN OUR PARLIAMENT (33) 12, 12
  WERE PARTICIPANTS OF FOUR REALIZED WCDI SEMINARS
  FROM ANTICO.
• FROM WOMEN THAT WERE PARTICIPANTS ON WCDI
  SEMINARS, 97 WOMEN OR 44, 06 SHOWN WILLINGNESS
  FOR NETWORKING,
• ESTABLISHING OF 6 INTERSECTIONAL INFORMAL
  NETWORKS IN 6 LOCAL COMMUNITIES (PRODUCT OF WCDI
  SEMINARS IN TETOVO, STRUMICA, KICEVO, DEBAR,
  PRILEP, RESEN) AND INITIATING OVER 30 ACTIVITIES
  FROM THOSE NETWORKS WITH PARTICIPATION OF 818
  PARTICIPANTS.
• AS A RESULT OF LOCAL ACTIONS , ORGANISED 5
  ROUND-TABLES, 3 RESEARCHES, LOBBING AND PUBLIC
  ADVOCACY PRINTED 10.000 MATERIALS FOR
  EDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSE., 
• 28 MEDIAS COVERS WCDI ACTIVITIES WITH 43
  ARTICLES/TV SHOWS

UWOM

• 100 FEMALE EDUCATED ACTIVISTS TRAINERS
• 2125 EDUCATED WOMENS VOTERS
• 10 000 INFORMED WOMENS ABOUT THE VOTING RIGHTS
• NETWORK FOR PROMOTING AND LOBBYING FOR THE FEMALE
  CANDIDATES
• 37 ELECTED FEMALE MPS IN MACEDONIAN PARLIAMENT.

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RECOMMANDETIONS

• THE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER DELIVERY AND INCREASING
  THE INFORMATION ABOUT GENDER CONCEPT OF WOMEN AND
  WIDER PUBLIC IN MACEDONIA, IT IS CONSIDERED AS
  NEED TO BE WORKED IN CONTINUITY.
• TO CONTINUE WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT
  WCDI- BASIC SEMINARS AND WOMEN IN FOCUS
• CONSTRUCTION OF A SUPERSTRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGES
  AND FACILITATING SKILLS OF TRAINERS THAT ARE
  INVOLVE IN THE PROJECT AND INCLUDING NEW TRAINERS
  (TOT)
• ORGANIZING MORE SEMINARS IN RURAL CIRCLES
• THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EXCHANGE FROM NORWEGIAN
  PROGRAM WCDI AND THEIR APPLICATION DUE TO
  POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IS APPLICATIVE AND
  WITH REALISATION OF THIS PROGRAM GIVE HIGH
  RESULTS.
• TO CONTINUE WITH ACTIVITIES AND PROCESS OF
  LOBBING AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY IN POLITICAL PARTIES
  AND RELEVANT GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS IN
  DIRECTION OF INFLUENCE IN INCREASING OF PUBLIC
  AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT OF WOMEN AND THEIR
  ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING
  POSITIONS.
• TO CONTINUE WITH REGIONAL COOPERATION AND
  EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE