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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Promoting Gender Equity in the Democratic Process: Women's Paths to Political Participation and Decisionmaking
As it establishes a framework for examining the relationship between good governance and women’s empowerment, this paper also reports on the ways that a sample of fourteen Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) projects have influenced this...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Report / White Paper
BRIDGE Cutting Edge Packs: Gender and Social Movements
In order for any action or intervention around rights, democracy and equality to be successful, it must include and value gender equality as part of its analysis and methodology for change. But while women's rights and gender justice are 'on the...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Strategic Planning to Move Public Policy: Serbia Program
This training material provides recommendations and guidelines for promoting public policy among citizens in Serbia. It describes strategies for translating public opinion into viable policies, evaluating a voter base in terms of supporters and...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Guide / Training Material
How Groups Form - How People Function Within the Organization
This training material discusses organizational development in order to explain how people function within an organization. It addresses group decision-making and the role of the leader in maximizing the skills of a team. It can be used as a...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Building Confidence in the Voter Registration Process: An NDI Monitoring Guide for Political Parties and Civic Organizations
This manual addresses the ways that political parties and civic organizations can monitor and promote improvements to the voter registration process. It discusses issues that should be considered when approaching the voter registration process,...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Guide / Training Material
The Quick Count and Election Observation: An NDI Handbook for Civic Organizations and Political Parties
This handbook presents an overview of how quick counts are conducted throughout the world. It provides background information on the quick count, which is a method for elections observations, and gives a step-by-step explanation of how to organize...
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Principles of Coalition Building
This document highlights the critical elements of coalition building, such as defining a mission and goals, winning ad hoc support, strengthening organizational competency, and taking action for advocacy. It cites examples from the experiences of...
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Coalition Best Practices: NDI West Bank and Gaza
This report describes the best practices of building successful political coalitions and examines issues that political parties and other organizations should consider when attempting to build a new coalition or strengthen an existing one. It covers...
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Joining Forces: A Guide for Forming, Joining and Building Political Coalitions
This NDI guide offers a series of questions that political parties and organizations should think about as they consider joining in coalitions with like-minded parties and organizations. It describes successful and unsuccessful political coalitions...
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Accessible Democracy: Working with Disabled People’s Organizations
This issue of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) Civic Update newsletter describes NDI's work to support the political activism of people with disabilities. It contains examples of work conducted by NDI in Albania,...
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Friday, March 09, 2007
Report / White Paper
Review of Partner Relationships with GONG and Transparencia
This paper describes the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs’ (NDI) experience working with GONG, a Croatian coalition formed before the 1997 elections, and Transparencia, a Peruvian Organization consisting of professionals and...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Lobbying Parliament: A Guide for NGOs
This guide provides an introduction to various approaches and techniques for lobbying parliament. It includes an overview of lobbying campaigns, tactics for lobbying individual members of parliament and party caucuses, and guidelines for preparing a...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Academic Paper / Article
Democracy Out of Balance: Civil Society Can’t Replace Political Parties
This article highlights the recent increase in programs devoted to civil society development, and the simultaneous decrease in programs aimed at strengthening political parties and institutions. The author argues that strengthening political parties...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007
Guide / Training Material
Increasing Women's Political Participation in Guyana - Trainer’s Manual: Campaign Skills
This manual is part of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs' (NDI) efforts to increase women's participation in decision-making processes in Guyana. It serves as a guide for trainers to train women candidates on how to conduct...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Report / White Paper
Lobbying for Women's Political Rights: Strategies for Poland and Ukraine
This report describes a collaborative project between the Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University; the Information Center on Women’s Organizations and Initiatives (OSKA) in Poland; and the Kharkiv Center for Women...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Report / White Paper
Have Women Progressed? Latin American Index of Fulfilled Commitment 1995-2003
This report summarizes the Latin American Index of Fulfilled Commitment (IFC) and includes a measurement of the index from 1995 to 2003 in 18 countries of the region. The information presented in the IFC reveals progress and setbacks regarding...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Academic Paper / Article
Guatemalan Case Study on Enhancing Women’s Participation in Electoral Process in Post-Conflict Countries
This paper was prepared for the Expert Group Meeting on “Enhancing Women’s Participation in Electoral Process in Post-Conflict Countries." It analyzes the participation of Guatemalan women in the two elections which took place during the post-...
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Report / White Paper
UNDP/Japan Women in Development Fund 2005: 10th Anniversary Report
This report examines how the UNDP/Japan Women in Development Fund has made break-through contributions to the promotion of gender equality and women's empowerment over the last 10 years. Since the Fund positions itself as a unique funding source to...
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