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International Summit in Kosovo Produces “Pristina Principles” to Increase Women’s Empowerment

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President Jahjaga delivers closing remarks at the summit.

After three days of meetings in Pristina, Kosovo, a group of women and men leaders from around the world has created the “Pristina Principles,” a set of guidelines and priorities aimed at eliminating barriers to women’s political participation, aiding their economic empowerment and giving them access to security and justice in the region and around the world.

Calm and Orderly Georgian Elections Set New Political Landscape, NDI Mission Finds

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A voter casts her ballot in Tbilisi, Georgia.

With the ability to make informed choices and express their will at the ballot box, Georgians participated in their most competitive elections in a decade on Oct. 1 and ushered in a period that will require a consultative and participatory legislative process in a newly-pluralist parliament, an NDI observer delegation said Oct. 2 in Tbilisi.

“The responsibility now lies with the country’s political leaders to engage immediately in constructive dialogue and reconciliation,” NDI said.

Civic Organizations Unite in Landmark Call for Parliamentary Openness and Citizen Participation

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Marwa Abou Dayya, of the Lebanese PMO Nahwa Al Muwatiniya, speaks at the World e-Parliament Conference 2012 in Rome. 

On the International Day of Democracy, Sept. 15, civil society organizations from across the globe joined in a call to parliaments worldwide for stronger collaboration to improve openness, transparency and citizen participation in the legislative process.

NDI Georgia Releases Political Poll Ratings and Crosstabs

NDI has released results of a public opinion survey designed to measure Georgian voters’ attitudes toward parliamentary elections expected in October.

NDI Welcomes International Visitors During Democratic National Convention

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NDI will host more than 300 diplomats and political leaders from more than 100 countries in Charlotte, N.C., at this year’s Democratic National Convention. The visitors are part of NDI’s International Leaders Forum (ILF), which the Institute has hosted during every Democratic National Convention since 1984.

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