International IDEA 2019-2024 Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa International IDEA 2019-2024 Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa International IDEA har ansökt om 75 miljoner kronor för att finansiera programmet "Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa" under perioden 2019-2022. International IDEA kommer att samarbeta med sex panafrikanska organisationer: Gender Links (GL), the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Padare och Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN-Gender Lab) i åtta länder; Botswana, Demokratiska Republiken Kongo, Eswatini, Elfenbenskusten, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania och Zimbabwe. 

Insatsen syftar till att stärka kvinnors politiska deltagande och representation i Afrika genom att 1) stärka policypåverkan, öka medvetenhet om och efterfrågan på inkludering av kvinnor på alla nivåer i beslutsfattande och politiskt deltagande, 2) bygga och stärka plattformar som möjliggör och främjar kvinnors politiska deltagande på alla nivåer, samt  3)  bidra till att öka kvinnors röst och påverkan i politiska processer och institutioner i Afrika. Kvinnoorganisationer, andra civilsamhällesaktörer, politiska partier, valmyndigheter, media, parlament, RECs (Regional Economic Communities) och AU (Afrikanska Unionen) är centrala aktörer i programmet. 

Insatsens totala budet är 75 miljoner kronor med Sida som enda finansiär. Omkring 52.5 miljoner kronor av budgeten kommer att vidareförmedlas till de sex panafrikanska organisationerna.   

I ett första skede tas beslut endast för en första tvåårsfas (med 45 MSEK), detta på grund av otillräckligt utrymme i bemyndiganderamen. Tilläggsbeslut avses tecknas, under förutsättning av medel finns tillgängliga, för det tredje året. International IDEA has applied for Sida for a funding of 75 Million SEK to carry out a program entitled "Enhancing Women's Political Participation in Africa' to be implemented during the period 2019- 2022.  I-IDEA will be collaborating with 6 Pan-African Organizations namely Gender Links (GL), The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA), The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Padare,  The Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN-Gender Lab) in 8 African Countries (Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal, Tanzania and Zimbabwe). 

The intervention aims increasing the political participation and representation of women in Africa by (1) stepping up advocacy for and expand awareness towards increased demands for the inclusion of women at all levels of political participation and decision-making. (2) building and strengthening enabling platforms that allow for Women’s inclusion in all levels of political participation and (3) contributing towards an increase in the voice and presence of women in political processes and institutions in Africa. Women’s organizations and other civil society groupings, political Parties and election management bodies, the media, parliaments, regional Economic Communities and the African Union are targeted in the project.  

The intervention’s total budget is 75 million SEK and Sida is the sole funder of the program. Approximately 52.5 million SEK of the budget will be forwarded to the 6 Pan-African organizations. 

At this stage, a decision and agreement will be signed only for the first two years (45 MSEK). This is due to limitations to the framework for outstanding commitments. A supplementary decision is foreseen, if parliamentary appropriations materialize, for the remaining period of the program. The overarching objective of the intervention is increasing the political participation and representation of women in Africa in line with the Maputo Protocol of 2003, various associated sub-regional protocols and standards, and the SDGs. Specifically the projects intends; 
1. To contribute to an increase in the voice and presence of women in political processes and institutions in Africa. 
2. To step up advocacy for and expand awareness towards increased demands for the inclusion of women at all levels of political participation and decision-making.
3. To build and strengthen enabling platforms that allow for women’s inclusion in all levels of political participation.