Solidarity Alliance of Women in Politics

Building Political Power for Half of Humanity

Democracy is better when women share power. When women lead, budgets shift from privilege to the public good; like safe water and roads; peace agreements last longer; corruption declines; infant and neonatal mortality drop; and parliaments act for people and the planet. Women’s leadership also boosts citizen engagement and accountability in local governance, while well-designed quotas prove an effective lever to turn representation into real policy gains. Yet women remain underrepresented in cabinets and parliaments. Progress has stalled under backlash and political violence. The cost of delay is measured in poorer services, weaker peace, dirtier air, and lost lives.  Women in power  is justice, it is intelligence, it is survival.

The Solidarity Alliance of Women in Politics is a transnational, intergenerational and feminist alliance of transformative women in politics from Global Majority countries—built for connection, solidarity, coordination, and learning. We launch today because too many women leaders remain underrepresented, isolated, and undersupported. Across regions, roles, and titles, we are building a high-trust action-oriented platform that closes those gaps so women can lead safely, effectively, and together while we confront isolation, resist backlash, and reclaim political space.

Our work is practical and focused. First, connection and solidarity: we are creating a protected, communal space for advice, support, and well-being throughout members’ political journeys. Second, coordination: we bridge existing networks, reduce silos, and act together across regions and themes to support institutional and policy change on members’ priority areas. Third, learning: we offer mentorship, tools, and upskilling to strengthen the technical, personal, and emotional capacities required to govern. Fourth, storytelling: we craft new narratives that advance our member’s agendas, counter disinformation, and shift norms of what effective leadership looks like.

We are politically diverse yet united by our commitments to democracy, human rights, gender equality, and the prevention of violence against women in public life. 

We emerge in the context of a global political reality marked by a coordinated backlash against gender equity, rising authoritarianism, patriarchal capture of institutions, and escalating wars that silence women first and fastest. In this context -an in consultation with our founding members- our immediate work centers on supporting women leaders navigating democratic openings, conflict and war, exile and oppression, and preventing violence against women in politics. 

We call for the redistribution of power and resources, sustained political and financial investment and bold resource mobilization across both political and philanthropic spaces. We urge parties, parliaments, and public institutions to fund safety measures, legal support, staff development, and caregiving-friendly workplaces for women in politics. We demand codes that prevent violence against women in politics, with transparent tracking and reporting of incidents and responses and public accountability. We call for leadership pipelines free from tokenism—candidate training, staff pipelines, and fair transparent appointment processes-. We ask philanthropies to fund women’s political leadership boldly with multi-year flexible grants that cover security, digital resilience, strategic communications, legal defense, and mental wellbeing. We invite mission-aligned funders to invest in our coordination infrastructure: convenings, rapid response mechanisms, learning and mentorship spaces. 

This is a public invitation. To women in politics: the Alliance is a space for you to bring your experience, needs, and courage; this is your space to connect, coordinate, learn, and thrive. To political leaders and institutions: partner with us, engage in the hard conversations that lead to shifting power allocation, open your pipelines, and resource women’s leadership. To philanthropies and corporate allies: fund boldly and flexibly, back the infrastructure that lets women lead safely and effectively. To media and civil society: amplify our stories, challenge disinformation, spotlight solutions, and uplift examples of equitable leadership that can shift social norms. To the public: stand with us, defend women’s equal right to lead and help build democracies that work for everyone.