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WFD's key achievements in MENA in 2024–2025 include strengthening legislative accountability and transparency, promoting democratic engagement in environmental and climate issues, and supporting the inclusion of young people in politics.
WFD and its regional partners hosted a public seminar to launch its VAWP Methodology, a new resource designed to address violence against women in politics and foster inclusive political environments across Southeast Asia.
With this tool, parliaments can evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses against established standards with a view to becoming stronger democratic institutions.
Graphic notes summarising discussions at a peer-to-peer learning session to discuss how to advance gender-sensitive parliaments to support women’s participation and enhance their effectiveness as legislators in Thailand.
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To equip parliaments with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the landscape of AI, these guidelines consider ethical implications, transparency, accountability, and the integration of AI within the parliamentary workspace, and more. They provide a framework that parliaments can adapt to their context and needs.
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Inclusive, effective parliaments are essential to democratic resilience and stability. WFD partners with parliaments across the world. On World Parliament Day, explore our impact and join us in celebrating these essential democratic institutions.
Since 2007, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) has been actively engaged in Uganda, working to foster more inclusive, accountable, and transparent democratic systems and institutions. Our programmes have consistently supported and continue to promote greater access and inclusion for structurally disadvantaged groups—including women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs)—in both formal and informal political processes, while also strengthening the capacity of Uganda’s democratic institutions. In addition, WFD has facilitated rigorous scrutiny of government performance, including through evaluations of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This briefing is intended to support diplomatic missions’ understanding of an election observation methodology known as parallel vote tabulation (PVT).
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This report explains what an EMB is, it discusses the political context in which EMBs operate, and it considers several risks that engagement with EMBs can pose for international partners and EMBs themselves.
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This paper provides a technical explanation of how diplomats can contribute to election observation through a method known as Diplowatch.
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WFD supported the Parliamentary Volunteers Programme at the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia—a transformative six-month initiative that has connected twenty ambitious students from diverse academic backgrounds including law, political science, public relations, and economics with the nation's legislative process.
This paper provides an overview of the electoral cycle and the key principles, issues and risks inherent in each stage of the cycle.
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WFD has been working in Solomon Islands since November 2022 to support and enhance public accountability, representation, and democratic resilience. Principally, we work in partnership with the National Parliament of the Solomon Islands (NPSI) to strengthen parliamentary policies, practices, and processes.
Since 2015, WFD has strengthened democratic processes in Sri Lanka by building transparent and accountable institutions, improving institutional trust, and supporting women, youth, the LGBT+ community, and persons with disabilities (PWDs).