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23 December 2021

An UNDEF project in Mongolia works to strengthen the capacity of local media and civil society to ensure media freedom and quality journalism amid challenges of the digital era.

 

15 December 2021

An UNDEF project in Mexico works to ensure access to social security for 2.2 million domestic workers who have previously been denied labour rights. It builds on Mexico’s current legal reforms following the Government’s pilot programme in 2019 to register domestic workers in the country’s mandatory social security system, giving them access to social security and healthcare benefits.

 

 

09 December 2021

An UNDEF project in Colombia empowers communities impacted by armed conflict to access justice, by documenting serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law; presenting the findings to the Special Jurisdiction for Peace and the Truth Commission; and providing legal assistance to restore the rights of victims of forced displacement and dispossession.

 

09 December 2021

The UN Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for project funding between 4 November 2021 and 12 December 2021.

 

07 December 2021

An UNDEF project in Sierra Leone works to strengthen women’s participation in areas where cultural patriarchal barriers have previously limited their involvement.

 

30 November 2021

An UNDEF project in the Gambia has not only paved the way for the historic passage of the Access to Information Bill in August 2021; it has also created unprecedented cooperation and collaboration between civil society and government.

 

Jeffrey Wright Narrates: UNDEF in Armenia and Georgia: Prisoners of the Caucasus

Jeffrey Wright Narrates: UNDEF in Armenia and Georgia: Prisoners of the Caucasus

Legislators of Sierra Leone

The UNDEF/newDemocracy handbook for citizens’ assemblies

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