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NDI’s Submission to the CEDAW Committee on Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-making Systems
Drawing on its pioneering work on Violence against Women in Politics (VAW-P) and #NotTheCost campaign, NDI submitted inputs to the UN Committee overseeing compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to ensure States tackle violence against w

NDI-IRI Announce International Election Observation Mission to Nigeria for February 25 Elections
Abuja, Nigeria – The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) announce the deployment of a joint international election observation mission (IEOM) to Nigeria.

Developing A Decision Maker Engagement Plan
Organizations and activists can inform and shape decisions around policy, budget and draft legislation by engaging with government officials and lawmakers at all levels. By providing decision makers with expert knowledge of their area of practice, organizations and activists can provide critical information that would not otherwise be brought to the government’s attention about how certain policies, procedures and laws operate on the ground and affect the communities they represent.

Political Process Monitoring Guidebook
Citizen participation is instrumental in promoting transparent and accountable government, and in fostering the norms that underpin a functioning democratic system. Democracy develops and deepens when citizens are active and exercise their right to be heard, and when they use organized, informed action to hold government accountable for making real improvements in people’s lives.

Spoiler Alert: A Framework for Analyzing the Remnants of Toppled Kleptocracies and the Forces of Reform
At the start of this century, just over 20 years ago, Peru was in the process of deep ‘dekleptification.’ After a decade in power, President Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro Montesinos, his notorious chief of intelligence services, had fled the country to evade justice.