One World Action's Just Politics initiative lobbied for increased political representation of women at national and local levels.
For example we worked with the Malawi National Women's Lobby to promote and support women MPs, and with the Zambian Women's Lobby to build the confidence and skills of future women leaders.
We supported the lobby to run girls' leadership clubs in schools in rural areas, training girls in practical leadership skills such as public speaking and debating, and giving them the opportunity to meet with inspirational women role models.
Our More Women More Power Campaign linked UK MPs and women's organisations with international work on women's political participation. It developed cross party visibility on women's political representation as a development issue and enabled women politicians from the UK to share their experiences with those from the South.
An international conference brought together parliamentarians and women's leaders from Asia, Africa and Latin America to share practical recommendations for how to effectively implement the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (on the 30th anniversary of its adoption).