We must open the doors and we must see to it they remain open, so that others can pass through.

Rosemary Brown,
politician, activist, and Canada’s first black female member of a provincial legislature

Vision (What?)

Women’s full participation at all levels of electoral management has been achieved; WEM-International is a globally recognized advocate for gender equality; and a leader in gender-sensitizing EMBs.

Mission (Why?)

To remove barriers to women’s full participation in electoral management and electoral processes by advocating, inspiring and empowering women through networking, sharing of innovative best practices, raising awareness, education, training, and equipping electoral management processes with tools and techniques to enable representative and gender-sensitive electoral management processes.

Values (How?)

Participation

Advocacy

Representation

Inclusiveness

Transformation

Equality