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Civil society representatives from around the globe gathered in Poland from the 15-16 December at the Warsaw Dialogue for Democracy to discuss ways to reinforce the values crucial to democracy. Under the overall heading ¡°From¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-funded project is being launched in Algeria to help consolidate democratic values and practices among young people in the northern province of Blida, with a particular focus on the rights of women and girls. The¡
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Germany increased its support to the United Nations Democracy Fund in December 2016, contributing two million euro in addition to 1.5 million euro in April 2016. Germany's Ambassador to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Harold Braun, handed over the¡
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As Colombia emerges from decades of conflict, the government of President Juan Manuel Santos ¨C winner of the 2016 Nobel peace prize ¨C- has made education is one of the three main pillars of government policy. This is¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-funded project works to mobilize rural women and youth in the Walungu territory of South Kivu, where it is estimated that about 60 per cent of rural youth and 80 per cent of rural women are illiterate.
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Allowing women to become political leaders is vital, not only to ensure a fully inclusive democracy, but so that women¡¯s interests and concerns are represented in decision making. With the ongoing conflict in Somalia, the¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF project, in Ukraine worked with local people to engage in democratic processes to protect their environment. The project, ¡°Strengthening Participatory Democracy for Effective Environmental Protection in Ukraine¡±, was¡
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF regional project to involve young people, especially young women in political life in Libya, Morocco and Tunisia has led to a number of the participants standing in elections for the Moroccan Parliament, including¡
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To mark the International Day of Democracy on 15 September, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF co-organized two events ¨C one at United Nations Headquarters in New York and the other in Athens, the birthplace of democracy.
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An Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF-funded project in rural India completed its work the end of 2015 to promote democratic processes and human rights through the use of media and the freedom of information, including by launching a platform for¡
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Thomas Carothers, one of the world's leading scholars on democracy support, gave a lecture at the United Nations on the theme of "Democracy¡¯s Uncertain State".
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF celebrity Board member Jeffrey Wright came into the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ studios to present Prisoners of the Caucasus, a documentary on an Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDEF project for penal reform in the Caucasus.
Engaging Haiti¡¯s Youth in the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity
Voice to Action: International Day of Democracy 2025
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SDG Lounge - Growing Local Solutions
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Navigating AI for Governance and Citizen Engagement
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Empowering the next generation: Democracy for climate justice
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SDG Roundtable: Marking 75 Years of Human Rights and Civil Society Participation
SDG Dialogues: International Day of Democracy 2022
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