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The WFD Myanmar programme has now ended.
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world.
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) သည် ကမ္ဘာ့နေရာ အသီးသီးရှိ ဒီမိုကရေစီစနစ်ကို အစဉ်တစိုက် ပံ့ပိုးကူညီပေးသည့် ယူကေနိုင်ငံ၏ ပြည်သူပိုင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) is the UK public body dedicated to supporting democracy around the world.
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) သည် ကမ္ဘာ့နေရာ အသီးသီးရှိ ဒီမိုကရေစီစနစ်ကို အစဉ်တစိုက် ပံ့ပိုးကူညီပေးသည့် ယူကေနိုင်ငံ၏ ပြည်သူပိုင်အဖွဲ့အစည်းတစ်ရပ်ဖြစ်ပါသည်။
In 2017, Westminster Foundation for Democracy launched a two-year programme to support research and information management in the Parliament of Botswana and improve methods to engage citizens with the parliament’s work. Working with parliamentary staff from the Research and Library, Hansard, Public Relations, and ICT departments as well as those who support committees, the programme aimed to foster improved, evidence-based policymaking and increase citizen participation in legislation and policymaking. The programme closed in 2019.
Better monitoring of government spending by parliaments can reduce corruption and ensure money is spent as the public intended. WFD worked in partnership with the Parliament of Mozambique and UNICEF to improve the management of public money. Our programme on building Parliament’s ability to conduct budget oversight supported the Mozambique’s Parliament role in achieving this. We also worked with the Mozambican Association of Disabled People to ensure the inclusion and participation of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the 2019 elections.
WFD Maldives invites Civil Society Organisations to submit proposals to develop research and review papers for the CSPN annual forum
Maldives |
WFD Ukraine hosted a Participatory Action Research (PAR) training for trainers in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Five local experts participated in an intensive session focused on the core principles of PAR. The participants are now ready to implement PAR in two de-occupied communities in the Kyiv region.
Ukraine |
WFD requires hotel services to ensure that accommodation for all business travel in Taiwan is efficiently secured and managed, offering value for money and flexibility in both booking and payment terms.
Taiwan |
Since 2022, WFD’s ASEAN Women’s Political Leadership programme has been working to advance equality in politics and wider society across the ASEAN region (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) by making it easier for politically active women to participate in local, regional and national politics and to become political leaders.
We are looking to secure a number of freelancers and agencies who can deliver a range of different communications services for WFD (e.g. design work, drafting content, copy writing, proof reading, and video editing).
WFD Maldives is seeking the services of a local consultant to draft a cross-party statement on Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWP) in the Maldives
Maldives |
In this blog, WFD's Esther Busiku explores the widespread misconceptions about gender-based violence (GBV) in Uganda, highlighting its many overlooked forms beyond physical abuse. The piece also underscores the urgent need for awareness, cultural change, and action to address GBV as a fundamental human rights issue.
Uganda |
For the last six months, WFD has been working closely with the Gambian Parliament’s select committee on gender to get women’s political representation on the national agenda.
Since the League of Arab States launched the Arab Declaration on Combatting All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in 2022, the Coalition of Women MPs from Arab countries, supported by WFD, has been working together at a regional level to advocate for its effective implementation and impact.
The British High Commission in Banjul and WFD have officially launched an Environmental Democracy Project, a significant initiative aimed at addressing climate change issues in The Gambia.
Banjul / London – Westminster Foundation for Democracy’s (WFD) Thematic Election Expert Observation Mission (TEEOM) has today issued its Final Report on the 4 December 2021 Presidential Election in The Gambia.