NDI Honors President Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and 50/50 Group from Sierra Leone

VIDEO

During the luncheon NDI debuted a short film, 'Side by Side.' The movie documents the challenges faced and overcome by the Madeleine K. Albright Grant-winning 50/50 Group in changing politics, and bringing more women into government, in Sierra Leone.

Watch the video:

• Part I (also below)
• Part II

PHOTOS

Below, a slideshow of photographs taken at the NDI Democracy Luncheon:

SPEECHES

Read the remarks of the featured speakers at the NDI Democracy Luncheon, in *.pdf format:

• NDI President Kenneth Wollack
• NDI Board Chairman Madeleine K. Albright
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• Dr. Nemata Eshun-Baiden, the Hon. Abator Thomas, and Mrs. Harriett Turay of the 50/50 Group
• President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

BACKGROUND MATERIALS

Read about the awards given at the 2007 NDI Democracy Luncheon, the guests honored at the event, and the National Democratic Institute:

• Press release (*.pdf), October 24
• More about President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Liberia
  • Biography of President Johnson Sirleaf (*.pdf)
  • Further reading on the new democratic peace in Liberia
  • NDI's programs in Liberia
• More about the 50/50 Group and Sierra Leone
  • History of the 50/50 Group (*.pdf)
  • Further reading on Sierra Leone's recovery from civil war
  • NDI's programs in Sierra Leone
• More about the W. Averell Harriman Award
• More about the Madeleine K. Albright Grant
• More about the National Democratic Institute
  • Summary (*.pdf)
  • Our work to bring women into politics (*.pdf)
• About the Andi Parhamovich Fellowship, announced at the luncheon