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The right to vote is unfortunately still not completely accessible to all citizens in North Macedonia. 76 percent of voting stations have stairs and half of them (49% percent) have no access ramps. One third of access ramps cannot be used, due to improper inclination and width. These are some of the findings of the monitoring of parliamentary elections 2020 in North Macedonia conducted by persons with disabilities.
North Macedonia | 18 March 2021
WFD, through the FCDO-funded Commonwealth Equality Project (CEP), worked with decision makers and civic actors in Uganda to make progress towards equality.
Uganda | 14 December 2021
On 19 September 2017, the Parliament of Lebanon passed a new law with strong ring-fencing measures that will help get a better deal for the country from extractives.
Lebanon | 10 October 2017
WFD invited four women lawmakers to the UK this week, to share their experiences with UK MPs from all the major political parties and learn about different approaches to promoting gender diversity.
Lebanon | Enhancing women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) | 31 January 2019
Campaign finance law is a controversial policy area in Moldova, Indonesia and Nigeria. Legislative changes related to the electoral process are usually taking place in a very tense and challenging political environment and tend to accommodate interests of dominant political parties. Therefore, there is always a risk of law making become politicised, which leaves the main legislative challenges unaddressed.
19 January 2022
WFD’s work in Bosnia and Herzegovina focuses on advancing women’s political leadership and engaging young people in policy dialogue. Since the mid-1990s, WFD has supported several programmes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including ones that developed political party relationships through sister-party work and supported parliament to monitor the executive.
08 December 2021
Reflecting on a Open Government Partnership Parliamentary Day event in December 2021, Julia Keutgen outlines parliaments' role in restricting and defending civic space and argues that whilst coalitions for change between civil society and parliament require enormous effort, they are vital for defending civic space.
21 January 2022
Having carefully assessed the Serbian political and economic context, we decided to focus our programming on circular and youth migrations, youth political engagement, and work with political parties and organisations.
Between 2015-2018, WFD supported increased oversight of public money through the establishment of the first ever Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (NARS). Since, 2019 WFD Serbia has focused on the issues of youth emigration, youth political education, and strengthening inner party democracy in Serbia. With the pandemic outbreak in 2020, we centred our focus around the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (NARS). With WFD’s assistance, the first regional Parliamentary Emergency Subcommittee for Response to COVID-19 was established.
Between 2015-2018, WFD supported increased oversight of public money through the establishment of the first ever Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) in the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (NARS). Since, 2019 WFD Serbia has focused on the issues of youth emigration, youth political education, and strengthening inner party democracy in Serbia. With the pandemic outbreak in 2020, we centred our focus around the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (NARS). With WFD’s assistance, the first regional Parliamentary Emergency Subcommittee for Response to COVID-19 was established.
25 November 2021
WFD in Serbia has published a ”Guide to Digital Political Communication” which provides instructions on the different modes of digital communication for the content that political parties produce, aiming to help them improve their communication with the younger population.
Serbia | 28 December 2020
WFD supported the Parliamentary Budget Office in Serbia
Serbia | 14 March 2017
A WFD seminar brought together leading experts in parliamentary procedures, policy development and gender equality from more than six countries to explore what best practice might look like in integrating gender analysis and post-legislative scrutiny – two key aspects of good governance. Together, they identified six recommendations to lawmakers in every country.
30 November 2017
Quality education is essential for a country to alleviate poverty. That is why this week, a delegation from the Union Parliament of Myanmar visited South Africa to learn more about education policy, as they strive to push for landmark reforms.
Myanmar | 26 April 2019
COVID-19 emergency legislation is often fast-tracked, approved without much parliamentary scrutiny, expanding executive powers while limiting individual rights. Can sunset clauses provide a counterbalance by guaranteeing the temporary nature of the COVID-19 emergency legislation? Experience from anti-terrorism legislation suggests that sunset clauses may reinject democratic accountability, but only if there is a high quality and evidence-based review practice.
27 October 2020
On 24 August 2017, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) in partnership with Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues (SLUDI), launched a new National Agenda for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the electoral and political process ahead of Sierra Leone’s 2018 elections.
Sierra Leone | 25 August 2017
The establishment of a coalition for change rallying government representatives, businesses, education and civil society actors and an important study on the cost on youth emigration, supported by WFD, led to raising awareness on the issue, the inclusion of the cost of youth emigration in the proposal of the government’s Strategy on Economic Migration of the Republic of Serbia and the establishing of the ‘Returning Point” program.
Serbia | 27 January 2021