F.a: Empowering Women in Political Participation Based on the initiative of the Finnish Embassy in Addis Abeba, Demo Finland started a planification and identification process for a programme to support women´s political participation in Ethiopia. A small pilot programme was planned for 2019 with a  wom
en´s NGO, Network of Ethiopian Women’s Association (NEWA) for the state of Benishangul-Gumuz in 2019, but after the pilot the programme will be extended to Oromia Region and national level.  Long-term outcome of the programme is that  women participate 
actively in political parties and political processes in the targeted regions. The inclusiveness of those, who have had no equal access to the decision-making within the parties is an elemental part of democracy. The change would mean that women, youth and
 minorities have equal opportunities in parties, and all party actors support inclusiveness. Actors in different levels of the party organisation have active interaction, and views of the local level are channelled to decision-making. Intermediate outcomes
 are: 1. Gender equality knowledge and practice increased in political parties; 2. NEWA’s organizational capacity enhanced; 3.Disabled women’s civil and political rights enhanced  In light of the relatively small number of parties in the two regions, a
ll political parties will be targeted for the different components of the project activity. A tentative number of 15 regional parties for the two regions is planned for the program.