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The 2011 change in Yemen’s government has brought with it a first for the country – the chance for ordinary Yemenis to publicly question their political leaders about the economy, unemployment, transitional justice and other issues on their minds. 

Source:  The New York Times Article Link:  Read More Published Date:  02/14/2013 The challenges that many Arab Spring countries currently face are similar to those faced by other countries who have gone through major revolutions in the past several decades.

Start: 02/28/2013 10:00 Timezone: America/New York Location:  Lindner Family Commons, Room 602 1957 E Street NW, Washington D.C. 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: Register:  https://docs.google.com/a/ndi.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE9FYmNycnZ5a1E5b3IxMUROSHl5R3c6MQ

Millions of Ghanaians voted in a close election last December that returned incumbent President John Dramani to office by a margin of less than 3 percentage points. An independent vote count by a local election monitoring organization that used SMS technology to verify returns from around the country gave many voters the confidence necessary to ensure a peaceful election process—both during the voting and in the days following.