News From The Field
News From The Field Nurturing government-citizen dialogue in the Asia-Pacific 24 February 2012 In parts of the Asia-Pacific region, traditional systems of representative democracy continue to face serious challenges. Citizens in some countries .. |
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News From The Field Empowering Liberia's youth and women in the democratic process 17 February 2012 Although recent Liberian elections have generally been pronounced free and fair by the international community, studies show that even more than a decade after the end of armed conflict, some voters vote out of fear and ignorance... |
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News From The Field First UNDEF-funded Women Leadership School launched in Georgia 03 February 2012 The first UNDEF-funded Women Leadership School – one of four planned worldwide – was launched by the Women’s Democracy Network in Tbilisi, Georgia on 27-29 January... |
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News From The Field UNDEF project helps African Charter on Democracy enter into force 27 January 2012 With UNDEF support, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance has now been ratified by 15 nations – a milestone which means the Charter will now enter into force... |
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News From The Field Building democratic governance in the Hill Tracts of Bangladesh 20 January 2012 In Bangladesh, UNDEF funds an initiative to advance pro-poor and democratic governance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The project works in over 200 villages to step up interaction between organizations of poor tribal peoples and local government administration.. |
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News From The Field UNDEF project bridges democracy gap in Pakistan 22 December 2011 An UNDEF-funded online directory of parliamentary committees and NGOs was launched to bridge the divide between Pakistan’s Parliament and civil society. It will serve as a resource tool for Parliament to facilitate the use of professional research sources in addressing issues relevant to the Committees.... |
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News From The Field UNDEF funds new media clinic in Central Asia 20 December 2011 In Central Asia, NGOs and independent media often have nowhere to turn for support on new media technology, with little or no in-house knowledge and commercial alternatives that are far too expensive..... |
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News From The Field Pour l’éducation électorale en République Démocratique du Congo 14 December 2011 En République Démocratique du Congo, le FNUD soutient un projet qui promeut la démocratie participative par la création de clubs d’action démocratique..... |
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News From The Field Training women to lead in rural China 07 December 2011 A task force formed to support China's rural women’s participation in local politics convened in Shaanxi province in November 2011, as part of an UNDEF-funded project to empower women ... |
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News From The Field Women learn to lead local democracy in India 29 November 2011 An UNDEF-funded project in Rajasthan, India, completed its work in 2011 to strengthen the leadership of women elected to Gram Panchayats, or village councils..... |
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News From The Field UNDEF project launches guiding principles for elections in Africa 21 November 2011 A new set of guiding principles for free, fair and transparent elections in Africa was launched in Accra, Ghana, on the International Day of Democracy as part of a project made possible by UNDEF... |
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News From The Field The Big Issue hits the streets in Nigeria 11 November 2011 The Big Issue Lagos, a new and pioneering Nigerian street magazine funded by UNDEF, was launched in November 2011. It is the part of an UNDEF-financed six-country project to use street papers...... |
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News From The Field Standing up for the disenfranchised in Russia 26 October 2011 An UNDEF-funded project in the Russian federation organized an rally in October 2011 to highlight the challenges faced by marginalized groups in voting in national elections. The event focused on homeless women's inability to vote because they lack a residence permit in their domestic passport |
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News From The Field Promoting accountability on the environment in Vietnam 13 September 2011 In the 25 years since Vietnam introduced the doi moi programme of reforms, citizens have come to participate far more actively in politics at both commune and village levels. But government is still not fully accountable, especially on issues impacting the environment. |
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News From The Field Creating new connections in Central Asia and South Caucasus 19 August 2011 In eight countries of Central Asia and South Caucasus, UNDEF funds a project to increase public participation and make governance more accountable through independent monitoring of public policy-making and implementation. |
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News From The Field Democratic Transformation of Egypt 4 August 2011 UNDEF funded and supported the organization of a conference in Cairo on 26-27 July on "Ways to Strengthen the Democratic Transformation of Egypt". The conference, held by The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies in partnership with the Madrid-based think-tank FRIDE, drew more than 100 participants from Egyptian civil society, political parties and academic institutions as well as a number of foreign observers. Click here for the conference program in English and Arabic, as well as for papers presented by prominent Egyptian opinion leaders. The conference addressed in an open and informed manner the many challenges Egypt faces on its path to democracy, including the place of military and religious ideas in the future shape of the country's governance. |
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News From The Field A Women's Parliament for Azerbaijan 7 July 2011 In Azerbaijan, a transitional society shaped by vast oil and gas resources, UNDEF funds a new project to create the country's first women's parliament. |
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News From The Field Holding your local representative accountable in Ukraine 28 June 2011 In Ukraine, UNDEF funds a project to build skills among NGOs and citizens to engage in political processes and hold their local government officials accountable. |
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News From The Field Building high-altitude democracy in the Himalayas 24 May 2011 India has the largest tribal population in the world, with more than 460 tribes comprising some 85 million people. Almost one third are in the Himalayan region. |
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News From The Field Freedom on the Net is under growing threat 25 April, 2011 Cyber attacks by the state, politically-motivated censorship, and government control over internet infrastructure have emerged as especially prominent threats to freedom in the internet, according to an UNDEF-funded report. |
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News From The Field UNDEF launches new initiative in Algeria 14 March, 2011 In Algeria -- as in Tunisia and Egypt -- greater participation by women is crucial to building better governance and genuine democracy. |
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News From The Field Women use radio to build better governance in Burundi 28 February, 2011 After 12 years of civil war in Burundi, the challenge is to keep addressing the divisive factors that drove the country's brutal armed conflict, while finding ways to nurture the country's fragile democracy. |
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News From The Field Standing up for rights of women in Somaliland 24 February, 2011 Somalia is one of the world’s most challenging environments in which NGOs can operate. |
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A watchdog for women's participation in Egypt 11 February, 2011 Ensuring women's participation will be key to building a democratic and well-governed Egypt. |
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UNDEF project strengthens women's participation as key to Tunisia's future 14 January 2011 The political participation of women will be critical in building the way forward in Tunisia after the historic events of early 2011. |
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UNDEF funds new guide to developing accurate voter lists in transitional democracies 13 January 2011 An UNDEF-funded project has launched a guide to developing accurate voter lists in transitional democracies. |
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UNDEF project continues amid Guatemala state of siege 07 January 2011 An UNDEF-funded initiative continues to operate in the northern Guatemala province of Alta Verapaz, even after the government declared a state of siege there in December 2010 in response to massive drug-related violence. |
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UNDEF funds Arabic legal search engine to serve general public 05 January 2011 An UNDEF-funded initiative has developed a widely sought after Arabic-language legal search engine on human rights and humanitarian law. |
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Young migrants' rights top agenda at Moscow UNDEF-funded meeting 23 December 2010 As ethnic tensions linger in Moscow following clashes between nationalists and migrants in early December, an UNDEF-funded project held a meeting to explore ways of protecting the human rights of child migrants in the Russian Federation. |
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New findings on Roma housing plight in UNDEF-supported study 20 December 2010 A new UNDEF-funded study documents the troubling housing situation of Roma in seven central and East European countries. |
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