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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Report on Constituency Dialogues in Cambodia 2010
NDI‟s January to September 2010 constituency dialogues revealed significant consistencies in the concerns facing Cambodians across the program‟s 12 provinces: land conflicts; agricultural challenges, particularly irrigation needs and access to...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Democracy and the Challenge of Change: A Guide to Increasing Women's Political Participation
Drawing on its 25 years of experience in the women’s political participation field, NDI has released a new guide for democracy practitioners to help them develop and carry out effective programs to bring more women into government and politics.  “In...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Call for Resume: Asia Pacific- iKNOW Politics Regional Coordinator
The National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) seeks to hire a Regional Coordinator for iKNOW Politics in the Asia region. Based out of NDI’s field office in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Regional Coordinator would remotely work...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Aid Effectiveness and the Implementation of SCR 1325 in Nepal - Financing Inclusive Peace and Security for Women in Nepal
Actualizing the promises and potential of Security Council resolutions 1325, 1820, 1888 and 1889 requires intentional action at the national level by a range of stakeholders. SCR 1889, adopted by the Security Council in October 2009, calls on Member...
Friday, October 15, 2010
International Istanbul Women's Meeting
TENTATIVEPROGRAM NOVEMBER 5, 2010, FRIDAY 09:00 - 09:30     Registration 09:30 - 12:00     OPENING CEREMONY AND PROTOCOL SPEECHES INAUGURATION OF WOMEN’S AUTHORS BOOK EXHIBITION, WOMEN’S STUDIES, CULTURAL AND ART EXHIBITIONS 12:00 - 13:00     Lunch...
Monday, October 04, 2010
Elections: Kyrgyzstan
On October 10th, Kyrgyzstan will choose a new parliament in what are said to be the 'most competitive' elections this region has seen in years.   Kyrgyzstan's parliament in chosen through a list proportional representation system.  If you would like...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Citizen Learning for Global Democracy project workshop
Each BGD project includes a workshop to encourage interregional, intercultural, interdisciplinary, ideologically plural and action-oriented discussion of the topic at hand.  The Citizen Learning for Global Democracy project workshop will be held in...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Third International Conference on Women’s Safety: Building Inclusive Cities
This event will bring together international actors in the field of women’s safety for exchange and debate on key topics in current practice. A variety of sessions, including keynote presentations, skills-building workshops, panel presentations, and...
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
A Talk by Professor Ramesh Srinivasan
The Internet, Culture, and Society - Looking at Past, Present, and Future Worldwide It is now well known that with 4.5 billion mobile phone owners in the world and increased Internet penetration, global cultures and communities have...
Friday, July 02, 2010
Online Discussion: Gender, Education and Employment
In preparation for the fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women is organizing an online discussion on the linkages between women’s and girls' access to and participation in formal and...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Election: Republic of Korea
Description of government structure: Chief of State: President LEE Myung-bak Head of Government: Prime Minister HAN Seung-soo Assembly: South Korea has a unicameral National Assembly (Kukhoe) with 299 seats. Description of electoral system: The...
Monday, March 22, 2010
Connecting Women, Respecting Differences
New Zealand in the 21st century is ‘diverse’. Ethnicity, indigeneity, sexuality, age, health, occupation, income, religion & disability all define the different experiences of women. How does this diversity shape ‘women’ & ‘womanhood’ in...
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Women in Leadership Forum India
Where would the world be with more women leaders?As the topic suggests, this session will address how decision making can impact differently under women’s leadership on key issues. The root of the global crisis will be highlighted while discussing...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Global Pulse 2010
Global Pulse 2010 is a 3-day, online collaboration event, that will bring together individual socially-engaged participants and organizations from around the world. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is sponsoring the Global Pulse...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Combating Trafficking in Persons: A Handbook for Parliamentarians
Jointly produced by the IPU and UNODC, the Handbook on Combating Trafficking in Persons is intended to encourage parliamentarians to take an active part in stopping human trafficking. It contains a compilation of international laws and good...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Empowering Parliaments through the Use of ICTs
The study, published by the United Nations Development Programme, has developed an analytical framework that focuses on the three core functions of Parliaments - legislation, representation and oversight - and establishes links between them. It...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Assessing Legislation - A manual for legislators
It aims at providing the legislators with the necessary tools that would help them in assessing legislations and proposing them to promote social and democratic change in their countries. The guide highlights and discusses several important topics...
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Women in Politics 2010
This poster-sized map is a "snapshot" of the presence of women in executive and legislative branches of government as of January 2010. The poster provides information on the percentage of women in ministerial ranks, women in parliaments and women in...

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