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Beyond Beijing: Rethinking Women's Political Participation Authors: Elene Panchulidze (ed.) Mona Lena Krook Aarti Narsee Minna Cowper-Coles Saskia Brechenmacher

#Research 💡

Over three decades after the landmark Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, equal political representation remains out of reach.
Our research with Club de Madrid reviews three decades of women's political participation.

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🤔 At a time when #InternationalCooperation is under strain, what kind of leadership is needed to address shared global challenges?

💭 Join fmr President of Chile 🇨🇱 Michelle Bachelet for a keynote reflection on leadership & the future of #multilateralism.

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Through these engagements, Club de Madrid continues to promote inclusive leadership, democratic resilience, and women’s equal participation in politics worldwide.

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#CSW70 #WomenInPolitics #GenderEquality #WomenLeadership

📅 12 March | 12:00–13:15
📍 Instituto Cervantes New York

Weaving a Democratic Future: Women, Alliances & Political Leadership in Ibero-America
With @igualdadgob.bsky.social @institutocervantes.bsky.social NY @unwomen.bsky.social @onumujeres.bsky.social

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📅 11 March | 16:30–17:30
📍 NYU School of Law

Transformative Leadership and Multilateral Governance in a Fragmented World
In collaboration with @nyulaw.bsky.social, NYU Wagner & @nyucic.bsky.social

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📅 9 March | 11:30–12:45
📍 UN Headquarters – Conference Room 8

Political Violence against Women and Democratic Backsliding

With partners including Armenia, Greece, Kenya & Panama.

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📅 9 March | 08:30–10:30
📍 Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

Connecting Leadership and Regional Action: Coordination Meeting for the Ibero-American Network of Women in Politics

With @unwomen.bsky.social @onumujeres.bsky.social

🔗 By invitation only

🌍 Next week, @clubdemadrid.bsky.social will participate in the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women ( #CSW70 ) at UN Headquarters in New York.

Our Vice President Michelle Bachelet will represent the organization.

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#Programmes🧩

Last week, EPD was in Madrid for the kick-off of INSPIRED+ 2.0. 🇪🇸

For the next 4 years, with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social, AccountabilityLab Pakistan & Nepal, we’ll help ensure EU GSP+ commitments are actually monitored and defended across 11 countries. 🌏

Statement | Urgent Call for Restraint, Respect for International Law and Renewed Dialogue | Club de Madrid A Call for restraint, international law and dialogue

Immediate de-escalation, respect for international law and renewed diplomatic engagement are urgently needed.

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#InternationalLaw #Diplomacy #MiddleEast #Multilateralism

Statement | Urgent Call for Restraint, Respect for International Law and Renewed Dialogue | Club de Madrid A Call for restraint, international law and dialogue

Club de Madrid is deeply concerned by the escalating military exchanges between the US, Israel and Iran.

Further unilateral use of force and retaliation risk igniting a wider regional conflict, with severe humanitarian and global economic consequences.

With @epd.eu, @accountlab.bsky.social Pakistan & Nepal, we move from planning to action — launching country-level coordination to reinforce monitoring & advocacy around GSP+ implementation.

#Democracy #INSPIREDPlus

INSPIRED+ 2.0 strengthens the role of civil society & trade unions in monitoring the 27 international conventions underpinning the EU’s GSP+ scheme — advancing human rights, labour standards, environmental protection & good governance across 11 countries.

@epd.eu | @accountlab.bsky.social

This week, we officially kicked off INSPIRED+ 2.0 at Club de Madrid, hosting the first in-person consortium meeting of this four-year EU-funded initiative.

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#INSPIREDPlus #ClubdeMadrid

In this video, he reflects on the value of Club de Madrid, highlighting its power to bring together former office holders, draw on their collective expertise, and translate that experience into insights that can support governments and organisations.

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🎥 Since joining @clubdemadrid.bsky.social in August 2025, our Member Leo Varadkar, former Taoiseach of Ireland (2017–2020; 2022–2024), has brought his leadership experience to our global network of democratic former Heads of State and Government.

#ClubdeMadrid #Leadership #Democracy

🌍🎙️Our Club de Madrid Member, Aminata Touré, former Prime Minister of Senegal, speaks at Channels Television, Africa’s most awarded broadcaster, from the 62nd Munich Security Conference: “What Is Africa’s Position, Gains At Summit?”

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#MSC2026

Exgobernantes del mundo ven con preocupación detalles de elección judicial en Guatemala Una misión de exgobernantes del mundo expresó este miércoles en Guatemala su preocupación por algunas situaciones relacionadas a las elecciones de segundo

En #Guatemala esta semana con una misión de observación del @clubdemadrid.bsky.social sobre procesos de elección de instituciones claves (Tribunales Constitucional y Supremo Electoral, Fiscalía), claves para los esfuerzos democratizadores del Presidente Arévalo

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After visiting this week journalist Rubén Zamora in prison with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social observation mission in Guatemala, news of his move to house arrest are very much welcomed.

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Good bilaterals at #MSC2026 with Danilo Türk and Aminata Touré from @clubdemadrid.bsky.social and with @ifad.org President Álvaro Lario.

From food security to water and health, we share a strong commitment to cooperation, multilateralism, democratic values and a more prosperous future for all.

#Research 💡

How did Europe support democracy around the world in 2025?

📑 The European Democracy Support Annual Review 2025, our flagship report produced in collaboration with @carnegieeurope.bsky.social is just out!

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👇 Read the full statement by Club de Madrid and CDI here:
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Sustainable security depends on the combined strength of defense, development and diplomacy. Resilience, strong institutions, inclusive societies, and global public goods, including health, are core components of security.

#MSC2026 #MSCreport

Aminata Touré also stressed the importance of building governance from local and national to global levels and approaching sustainable water management as a global public good.

#MSC2026 #MSCreport

Our Member Aminata Touré at MSC session "Spotlight on the Geopolitics of Water." She highlighted the interlinkages between water, environmental, food, and social security.

#MSC2026 #MSCreport

At MSC along with ONE we co-hosted the side event, “Security Beyond Military Spending: The Missing Ds in Defense, Development and Diplomacy” as part of our continued efforts to strengthen financing for development mechanisms.

#MSC2026 #MSCreport

Club de Madrid Mission to Guatemala to Support Key Democratic Processes in 2026 | Club de Madrid International leaders meet with authorities, civil society, and key stakeholders ahead of decisive institutional elections

Club de Madrid and CDI reaffirm their commitment to Guatemala, and their willingness to continue supporting efforts that protect human rights, strengthen the rule of law, and promote solid, inclusive, and independent democratic processes.

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#Democracy #Civilsociety

The mission notes the existence of dialogue processes among different sectors, including civil society organizations, universities, the private sector, and ancestral Indigenous authorities, and underscores the importance of maintaining them as a key element to strengthen democracy and accountability

The mission hopes that the election processes of these authorities can be carried out with transparency, clarity, and integrity, in line with established norms and seeking to materialize the rule of law that Guatemala built following its peace process.

This high-level delegation focused on observing and accompanying the processes for the selection and appointment of authorities in three key bodies for Democracy and the Rule of Law in Guatemala - the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, the Constitutional Court, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office.