At a special reception at the 202nd ExCom of Liberal International, we proudly launched the first-ever women in political parties index – the first tool of its kind in the world! Rolling out over the coming months, the WIPP Index will help LI members in identifying where there challenges and opportunities lie within their political parties when it comes to welcoming more women into their ranks!
The WIPP Index is currently in its testing phase with certain LI Member Parties – more information will be provided soon.
One of the Human Rights Committee’s priority areas is women’s political empowerment. As a part of the work done within this field, LI has created a first of its kind barometer and an associated inclusivity handbook.
The barometer will give all LI member parties the opportunity to measure their parties WIPP Index, i.e. the level of diversity and inclusivity within their party. The parties will then, with the help of the Inclusivity Handbook, have a chance to boost the inclusivity and diversity within their party structures.
The WIPP Index is at the time of writing being tested by six LI member parties. The parties testing the index are from Europe, Asia, and Africa.
After completing the test and receiving their WIPP Index – which will be visible to the concerned party only – these parties will provide feedback on their WIPP Index experience to the LI Secretariat. This feedback, along with more information about the Index and a first presentation of the Inclusivity Handbook, will be shared with the membership at the 203rd Executive Committee meeting in Morocco.
