An UNDEF project in Albania organized a roundtable with journalists and other key media actors to counter expressions of hate speech and sexism, and to uphold journalistic standards.
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21 February 2023
16 February 2023
An UNDEF-funded project in Tunisia aims at bridging the democratic gap between the government and the marginalized oil-producing communities of Tataouine and Kebili.
09 February 2023
An UNDEF project in Bosnia and Herzegovina raises public awareness about the Bosnian war by developing tools for teaching and learning as a means to counter revisionist and denialist narratives.
09 January 2023
A project in Nepal yields promising results, such as sessions on gender transformative social norms behavior and social accountability monitoring using the Citizens Report Card.
16 December 2022
This November, UNDEF project partner ABAAD presented critical work on gender equality to the fourth session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law at the United Nations in Geneva.
07 November 2022
The UN Democracy Fund Advisory Board met in the UN’s SDG Studio for its annual autumn meeting on October 25th and approved UNDEF’s 17th annual call for proposals.
31 October 2022
Implemented by Charitable Public Association "World Without Borders", UNDEF's project aims to boost awareness and increase specialized training on how to protect the rights of children and young people, to build institutional systems to monitor their situation and to receive and process allegations of rights violations.
24 October 2022
Two UNDEF projects in Honduras and Brazil working to protect and strengthen human rights monitoring mechanisms had the opportunity to support the review of human rights records in their countries at the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
17 October 2022
In Pakistan, an UNDEF project is working to enhance women’s rights, participation, and gender equality in decision-making processes.
10 October 2022
In Ghana, UNDEF is working to enhance the crucial role that women play in strengthening democracy through increasing their participation in governance.
03 October 2022
An UNDEF project in Tunisia is working to train and support young human rights defenders, including persons with disabilities, to monitor and report on progress towards implementation of articles 29 and 30 of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
09 September 2022
On 15 September the world will mark the 15th anniversary of the International Day of Democracy - a day to review the state of democracy in the world.
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