REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF GOVERNANCE
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Regional institution building is today a wide spread phenomenon as it is a major part of international relations. Regional organizations have been portrayed as complementary to international organizations, to concerts of great powers in dealing with array of issues. A process of socialization of regional institutions has been taking place since the 1990s. Equal representation of women in political life has a positive influence on the incorporation of gender into different policies. Under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations has set a dedicated target specifically dealing with women's access to leadership. Despite the undeniable strides in legal and systemic change towards more women in decision-making, widespread cultural forces continue to obstruct the full exercise of women's political rights. Women continue to be under-represented in public life in many countries worldwide, particularly in the political sphere. The wave of changes in Latin America to institute gender quotas started in 1991. The region's quotas have had a huge effect on rising both the number of women standing as candidates and the number of women being elected. Change in women's political engagement in Africa has not been uniformly spread across Africa. Despite strides made in empowering women politically, sexism against women and a lack of women's meaningful involvement in decision-making continue. This article explored the issues relating to women participation and representation in regional and international governance, a global perspective. The study concluded that the inclusion of women in political decision making had been on the rise worldwide. It also concluded that solutions to the different issues facing women in power include not only building on current methods, but also moving beyond them. The study recommended that there was a need for women interested in coming into political life to have capacity-building programmes. The research also recommended that reasonable qualitative and quantitative metrics should continue to be developed and used by regional organizations to report on progress and to conduct a regional assessment of the status of women.
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