Representation in Politics

The Apolitical Foundation, in partnership with Global Health Visions, and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are running a 10-month learning fellowship for leaders working on adolescent girls and young women’s rights to better understand and effectively use social norms approaches to advance social and behavioral change.

 

This project runs through from November 2023 - March 2025.

Building on our ongoing work on social norms, we aim to help mitigate and ultimately eliminate violence against women politicians by understanding and transforming the social norms that fuel it. We are actively seeking partners to collaborate on the following:

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• Undertake research to understand the norms and behaviors driving violence against politicians

• Pilot projects that address the social norms around violence against politicians, including through positive role models, networks for politicians and public discussions

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We are seeking partners to undertake this work with us, so if you are/know of organizations that would be relevant for this, kindly reach out!

This project is focused on:​

• Developing a network of informed and supported women politicians

• Researching and convening on the topic of preventing violence against women politicians. ​

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We are learning from and connect political actors to develop support mechanisms for women politicians to make and implement effective GBV prevention policy.

To combat trolling and online violence, we seek to build a movement of ‘Elves’. This project, as we envision it, is a combination of a citizen mobilization component with technological tools to:

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• Detect (early warning signs) online hate,

• React to online attacks as an act of support to targeted politicians, and

• Change the narrative and promote democratic online practices.

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We are seeking partners to undertake this work with us, so if you are/know of organizations that would be relevant for this, kindly reach out!

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