The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.

iKNOW Politics recently hosted an e-discussion on Working with Men to Promote Women in Politics, which is also the theme of this year’s session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The discussion took place from March 16 to 31.

Paul Rowland, NDI’s senior resident director in Indonesia, focused on that country’s upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections during a briefing at the Institute on April 1.  

Susan Page, NDI’s regional director for Southern and East Africa, discusses current events in Sudan on Chicago Public Radio’s long-running global affairs program Worldview.

At an April 29 briefing, Ambassador Boden discussed the political situation in Georgia in the aftermath of last year’s conflict with the Russian Federation.

Ambassador Boden served as head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the January 2008 presidential election and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General in Abkhazia from 1999 to 2002. During the briefing, he offered insights on Georgia’s democratic development and policy recommendations for the future.