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.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013
3:30 – 5 p.m.

with

Hon Abike Dabiri
Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs

Hon. Uche Ekwunife
Chair of the House Committee on Environment

Senator Victor Lar
Chair of the Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Anti-Corruption

Panelists:

Presented by the Global Gender Forum. Sponsored by the George Washington University's Global Gender Program which is part of the Elliott School's Institute for Global and International Studies.

Co-sponsored by the National Democratic Institute.

Keynote Speaker: Mona Lena Krook Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University "Electoral Quotas and Beyond: Strategies to Promote Women in Politics"

Panelists:

The Middle East Institute is proud to host Leslie Campbell, senior associate and regional director for the Middle East, and Danya Greenfield, deputy director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council, for an assessment of the Jordanian elections and an examination of the political challenges ahead for Jordan's King Abdullah II.