Our Values
We believe the world will be a better place when more women are in power. We are committed to building a world where at least 51% of elected officials are women.
Our core values drive our work and team:
No woman left behind
We’re committed to intersectionality and diversity of age, race, sexual orientation, and geographical location.
Unfailingly positive and future-focused.
We will do this!
Flexible and agile.
We adapt ourselves to women’s busy lives.
Learning organisation.
We always strive to listen and grow.
Non-partisan.
We need more women in leadership, in all parties.
The objective of Elect Her is to support all women, who are currently under-represented in positions of power across society, to stand for election and become leaders in their communities. A particular focus is on including and advancing women of colour, women of faith, women with disabilities, working class women, younger women and those with caring responsibilities, who are all further underrepresented.
Sexism intersects with other forms of discriminations such as racism, and these groups of women face additional barriers to public life which we are campaigning to tear down. By the nature of this intersectionality, women have different experiences and understandings of patriarchy, feminism and of what urgently needs to change. We ask that all participants be sensitive of this and to commit to our values of equality, respect, inclusivity and compassion. Our mission of equal representation for women across all levels of politics brings us together and is our common ground. We welcome all women to participate in Elect Her’s activities.
By joining our work, women understand that hate speech will not be tolerated and our workshop facilitators have the right to ask participants to leave if they feel they are not respecting the values of Elect Her.
Hate speech is commonly defined as:
“Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person's colour, race, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, LGBTQIA+ status, or other equality strands.”
We would add that targeting individuals for their political affiliations would also be considered unacceptable.