One Size Does Not Fit All - International IDEA

AcknowledgementsThis guide is the result of interest by NDI and International IDEA in collaboratingon a document about best practices that would provide Latin American legislators withideas and experiences to help them organize and successfully promote a gender equalityagenda while they are in office. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaThis project was directed by Keila González, NDI Senior Program Officer, andKristen Sample, International IDEA Head of Mission for the Andean Region. AAAAWe thank the researchers who contributed detailed information about experiencesand best practices in their countries or made comments on the final draft: Jutta MarxSchutz (Argentina), Carolina Floru (Bolivia), Diana Espinosa (Colombia), Marcela JagerContreras (Costa Rica), Solanda Goyes (Ecuador), Begoña Lasagabaster (Spain), MarielaArce (Panama), Gloria Young (Panama), Rossana Andía (Peru), Beatriz Llanos (Peru),Niki Johnson (Uruguay) and Verónica Pérez Betancur (Uruguay). We are also gratefulto Alyson Kozma (NDI), Rocío Álvarez (NDI), and Lucila del Águila for research andediting assistance; María Inés Calle (International IDEA Latin America publicationscoordinator) for overseeing the book’s production; Andrew Mash for copy editing;Ruperto Pérez-Albela for his work on the layout and design; and Barbara Fraser fortranslating the original text from Spanish. AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAFinally, NDI and International IDEA thank the National Endowment for Democracy(NED) for financing the regional conference of congresswomen in Mexico and partof this publication, and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation andDevelopment (AECID) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Relations for theirassistance, without which the publication of this guide would not have been possible. a9