1. Forum 50 %: Supporting Women in Politics Jana Smiggels Kavková Berlin, 28.3.2014

2. Forum 50 %'s Activities Pre-election campaigns supporting women Supporting women across the parties Working with political parties Advocacy (influencing state policies)

3. Forum 50 %'s First Campaign (2006)

4. The Chicken Campaign: Part I before the parliamentary elections (2010) launched by a press conference videos (website, facebook, youtube) web banners t-shirts stickers women NGO networks involved

5. Stickers

8. Videos Videos used during the campaign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= JubbMv5y9PQ&list=UUgt_ZRDL gnbj9sAIhDP-ROA

9. Chicken Meets President

10. Results of the Campaign massive support for women candidates 14 women MPs elected by preferential votes representation of women increased from 18 % to 22 % 44 women MPs in total

11. before the local elections (2010) "Chicken tour" around the country audio-spots in local radio stickers, leaflets web banners video in the state TV Spots on youtube and facebook Chicken Campaign: Part II

12. Chicken's Blog kure.bloguje.cz (meaning chicken.blogs. cz) reports from all 14 cities visited sharing also on facebook

13. Chicken Speaking to Journalists

14. Everybody Wants to Be a Chicken...

15. Chicken with the First Lady

16. Results of the Campaign number of elected women increased from 24,9 % to 26,3 % in statutory cities the number increased from 19,5 % to 22,8 %

17. Use of social media Youtube channel „Women in politics“ Facebook site Personal facebook profile partly public (followers) New blog (offered by a respected newspaper)

18. Cooperation with Political Parties Meeting the leaders Organizing seminars together Training and supporting the women politicians Providing chapters about women in decision making for party programs Competition „Women Friendly Party“

19. Empowering Women The Club of Female Politicians networking meetings for women training – mostly soft skills

20. Thank you for your attention. Jana Smiggels Kavková kavkova@padesatprocent.cz www.padesatprocent.cz