In addition to the campaigns Greenberg Quinlan Rosner helped wage and win in the United States in 2012, this was also an eventful year for our international political practice.  In all, we helped parties and candidates conduct 14 campaigns across 10 countries.

From Britain, to Israel, to the Republic of Georgia, to the effort to replace Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, we conducted research and provided campaign advice for some of the world’s outstanding progressive leaders and parties. These campaigns spanned almost every electoral level, including races for parliament, president, governor, mayor, municipal council, and referenda.

"Between the Republican fixation on motherhood and the Democratic nearly exclusive focus on reproductive rights and health, women voters are defined primarily by their uterus."

Read on to hear what GQR's Anna Greenberg has to say about women in 2012.

Smart campaigns around the world are already picking up on the principles that underpinned the Obama campaign's digital program. And they are adopting some of the Obama team's key tactics -- and adapting them to their own unique political settings and dynamics.

Today is International Human Rights Day. The spotlight is on the rights of all people—women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, the poor and marginalized—to make their voices heard and ensure their inclusion in political decision-making.

GQR is proud to have worked with organizations that are dedicated to the pursuit of universal human rights.  For the International Committee of the Red Cross we designed an unprecedented global research project linked to the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions and gave a voice to those who had experienced the tragedy of war.  We helped Humanity United strengthen advocacy efforts to end modern slavery and human trafficking.   The International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Save Darfur, Human Rights Campaign, advocates for creation of the International Criminal Court, and Save the Children have all been GQR partners in efforts toward a world where human rights can be had by all.

Jeremy Rosner, GQR Executive Vice President and Principal, and Matt Bennett, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs and a co-founder of Third Way, write about how the Democrats can maintain their edge on national security in Foreign Policy magazine.