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Violence Against Women in Politics: Research on political parties in Honduras

Democracy, as an ideal of political organization and as a form of coexistence, has historically signaled a demand for greater equality and representation. The contemporary debate on democracy focuses on the capacity or inability of the political system to manage and represent the interests and needs of the population, considering its diversity, as well as the capacity to neutralize the historical structural expressions of inequality and discrimination towards broad sectors of the population.

NDI Report on Kosovo’s June 2017 Parliamentary Elections

Kosovo’s snap parliamentary elections on June 11, 2017, have offered the country an opportunity to move past recent political impasses and reorient political institutions to the pressing needs of its citizens. Continuing a pattern of extraordinary elections, these elections were precipitated by a long-running political crisis set off by the previous parliamentary election, in June 2014.

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Democracy Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Perspectives on the Democratic Transition

More than two decades after the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) remains subject to ethnic and territorial disputes that complicate the development of a durable, democratic political system. To encourage issue-based dialogue and cross-party cooperation on socio-economic and political reforms, NDI conducted a democracy assessment with funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

Democracia, Elecciones y Violencia

Democracia, Elecciones y Violencia en América Latina

NDI, en colaboracion con la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) a través del Instituto Universitario en Democracia, Paz y Seguridad (IUDPAS), presenta el libro "Democracia, Elecciones y Violencia en América Latina", el cual recopila las ponencias del Seminario Internacional del mismo nombre, llevado a cabo en julio 2016.

#NotTheCost: Program Guidance for Stopping Violence Against Women in Politics

Historically, violence against women in politics (VAW-P) has been a largely hidden phenomenon, but it is a real and grave concern for all those dedicated to strengthening democracies around the world, and it cannot be allowed to continue. There is a need to raise awareness about this violence, create new norms and standards against it, construct processes to register and respond to complaints, provide services for women who are victims and punish the perpetrators of violence.

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