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With a ‘new deliberative wave’ sweeping across the world, politicians and citizens have an incredible opportunity to save our democracies from polarization and lack of trust and build a strong democratic culture for the future.
25 November 2021
WFD, in partnership with the Coalition of Women MPs from Arab countries recently held a roundtable on the opportunities and challenges facing women’s electoral success in North Africa.
24 November 2021
WFD engaged with the Climate Change Committee and Parliamentary Forum on Climate Change in Uganda by offering support to coordinate all the actors involved to review the bill and generate consensus and advocate for its passage.
23 November 2021
Environmental civil society organisations in Albania often face difficulties in accessing decision-makers and being included in consultation processes. WFD is helping to change that.
23 November 2021
WFD supported Pakistan's Standing Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to expand opportunities for citizens and experts to get involved in decision making.
23 November 2021
WFD, in partnership with the Digital Transformation Network (DTN) and Nudge Lebanon, recently ran a two-day workshop on applying behavioural insights to help the transition towards a civil state in Lebanon. The move towards a civil state in the Lebanese context means a move away from the confessional system that has replaced national identity as a source of citizens’ rights by sectarian affiliation.
18 November 2021
Both experiences highlight the value of citizens’ assemblies in spurring greater and fairer climate ambition thanks to different representation, legitimacy and deliberation methods. They also provide early lessons on the decision-making process that follow.
13 November 2021
There are challenges for legislatures to make use of citizens’ assemblies successfully, but if these key lessons from CAUK are heeded, they could become a regular fixture of parliamentary public engagement.
03 November 2021
The mission focuses on the rights and opportunities of women, youth, persons with disabilities and other underrepresented groups to participate in the electoral process. It will also consider media freedom and media and social media coverage of the election.
01 November 2021
WFD, under phase II of the Kenya Inclusive Political Parties (KIPP) programme, continues to promote people with disabilities' (PWDs) inclusion in politics. We are doing this by partnering with political parties to ensure they respond to the needs of PWDs within their internal party structures, political commitments, policies, and in elections.
28 October 2021
The tragic attack on Sir David Amess MP is shocking and horrifying.
15 October 2021
Training workshops on preventing and combating the use of hate speech for youth and civic activists took place in all regions of Kyrgyzstan from 6th – 23rd September 2021. Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), jointly with the Institute of Civic Development held these events in the run up to the country’s Parliamentary elections within the framework of the Media Dialogue project funded by the European Union.
08 October 2021
How have parliaments responded to the Paris Agreement during the past five years? In which way are parliaments making sure that climate legislation does have an impact? These were some of the questions guiding the new report “Parliaments and the Paris Agreement”, published by Westminster Foundation for Democracy, ParlAmericas, INTER PARES, and GLOBE International. Based on this report, we put forward five golden rules for conducting climate-proof Post-Legislative Scrutiny.
06 October 2021
WFD’s Multi-Party Office (MPO) talked to a senior representative from the United Party for National Development (UPND) following her party’s electoral victory in Zambia. We asked her about the results, her role within the UPND, and her aspirations for women’s political leadership within the new UPND government.
27 September 2021
WFD’s Multi-Party Office (MPO) talked to a senior representative from the United Party for National Development (UPND) following her party’s electoral victory in Zambia. We asked her about the results, her role within the UPND, and her aspirations for women’s political leadership within the new UPND government.
23 September 2021