Operating directly in more than 30 countries and territories across the world, we are helping to make political systems fairer, more inclusive, and more accountable. We do this by working with parliaments, political parties, organisations responsible for elections, and civil society.
List of places we work in:
Regional programmes
We have programmes which span more than one country currently operating in different regions around the world.
Global Equality Project
Our programme with Kaleidoscope Trust works in 18 countries and territories across Africa, the Caribbean, Asia, and the Pacific to strengthen the inclusion of women and girls, LGBT+ people, and other people with intersecting identities and experiences in democratic processes.
Helping combat violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
WFD supports the Coalition of Women MPs from Arab Countries to combat violence against women.
UK Political Parties International Programmes
WFD supports UK political parties to undertake direct programming.
Western Balkans Democracy Initiative (WBDI)
The Western Balkans Democracy Initiative (WBDI) works with eight parliaments, public institutions, political parties and civil society organisations across six countries to improve representation of women, young people and persons with disabilities in political processes that impact on their lives.
Advancing equal societies through women’s political leadership and participation in ASEAN
WFD is working to help create an environment that better enables politically-active women to participate and exercise leadership in politics across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries.
Past programmes
Search our archive of completed programmes.
Advancing inclusive and accountable democracies in the Commonwealth, 2018-2020.
In partnership with GIZ Ukraine, WFD helped establish a Financial and Economic Analysis Office (FEAO) in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (parliament) in 2015.