Women voters in a growing number of countries across all geographic regions are agreeing to a basic list of policy priorities to present to political parties prior to elections. These 'Women's Manifestos' call for parties to sign on and reflect women's demands in their campaign platforms.

For example, the 2007 Irish Women's manifesto 'What Women Want from the Next Irish Government' had five cardinal demands:

• More women in positions of decision-making;
• Zero tolerance of violence against women;
• Sharing of childcare and household work;
• Economic equality between women and men; and
• Equal respect and autonomy for all women, irrespective of diversity and difference.

The first women's electoral manifesto in Africa was drawn up in Botswana by a women's organization called Emang Basadi (Setswana for "Stand up, women!") in 1993. The Women's Manifesto was launched while political parties were developing their election manifestos for the 1994 general elections. While this initially met with resistance from parties, women used the Manifesto in political education programs and popularized it widely. As a result, by 1999 all parties had changed their primary election procedures to allow for broader participation by members in candidate selection and for more women contestants than ever before. Women's wings of political parties now regularly monitor their own parties for progress in meeting Women's Manifesto demands, and report to the annual Emang Basadi conferences.