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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.
Enhancing women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | 24 November 2021
The adoption of the Glasgow ACE Work Programme, agreed at COP26, represents a renewed commitment to integrating environmental democracy practices throughout the commitments made across the conference. The upcoming Summit for Democracy provides the opportunity to mainstream the environmental democracy approach.
14 December 2021
Search and filter some of our recent completed programmes and discover their impact:
08 December 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.
The Gambia | 01 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
WFD in partnership with the Community of Democracies worked in The Gambia to help women leaders navigate the challenges they face and bring about more inclusive democracy in the country.
The Gambia | 04 December 2020
WFD has been working with the parliament of Kenya to continue its journey to become more open and transparent.
Kenya | 23 February 2021
Working with the parliament in Edo State, WFD has been supporting the adoption and implementation of the Open Government Partnership.
Nigeria | 28 January 2021
The Africa Liberal Network (ALN) Women Empowerment Programme is an annual training scheme for women politicians from African liberal parties who are planning to stand for elected office.
16 December 2021
WFD Nigeria, through its Inclusive and Accountable Politics (IAP) programme, is working to build the capabilities of young persons in politics.
Nigeria | 02 December 2019
With support from UK Aid through the Standing Together for Democracy Consortium, WFD and the Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues (SLUDI) partnered up to reach the PWDs community across Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone | 06 January 2020
WFD, Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA), and other women-focused Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) petitioned the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda to fast track discussion of crucial gender-sensitive bills before Parliament.
Uganda | 21 October 2019
WFD Uganda has facilitated platforms for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to address the existing gap between their leaders and their constituents and amplified their voices in policy debate and formulation.
Uganda | 28 September 2019