Most countries that have experienced conflict have been through some form of peace or transition process. However, to prevent conflict recurring, peace and transition processes need greater capacity.
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This side event will explore women’s political participation and empowerment in post-coup Myanmar.
On the eve of the second anniversary of the illegal coup in Myanmar, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar and International IDEA will co-host the launch of the Special Rapporteur’s latest conference room paper, Illegal and Illegitimate: Examining the Myanmar Military’s Claim as the Government of Myanmar and the International Response.
International IDEA is convening a round table to facilitate discussions on democratization in Africa, looking specifically at emerging trends in political transitions, electoral integrity and civic participation as three key areas for addressing the future of democracy in Africa. The event will also present the findings and recommendations on popular uprisings in Africa and the responses of the African Union (AU) and regional institutions to transitions emanating from such uprisings.
The sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place from 15 to 26 March 2021. The priority theme of the session is 'Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls'.
This concept note outlines the need for the Women in Political Participation in Africa Barometer validation ahead of the launch of the Barometer on 18 March 2021. The validation will facilitate the finalisation of the Barometer publication with inputs from across Africa and references to key case studies. The reviewers will present a comprehensive report on preliminary findings of the research.
International IDEA has, together with six of its partners, formed a Gender consortium on "Enhancing the Participation of Women in Political Participation in Africa".
The need for physical distancing during this COVID-19 pandemic has raised the need for innovative campaign methods to be developed by election contestants because conventional campaign methods such as rallies, public meetings, etc. are prohibited in some jurisdictions. Distant and online election campaigning may be seen as restrictive to both contestants and voters alike due to physical and technological barriers that appear. To what degree is this true?
The Global Peace Index is the flagship annual report produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). This year’s report is the 14th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 163 independent states and territories according to their relative levels of peacefulness. The GPI is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness.
The Melbourne Forum on Constitution Building is organized jointly by International IDEA and the Constitution Transformation Network at Melbourne Law School. The Melbourne Forum is an annual event that brings together practitioners and scholars from across the region to explore constitution-building themes of global importance from the perspective of states in the Asia Pacific.
Myanmar Constitution Academy is a nine-day intensive course which provides participants an introduction to the key principles and core approaches on processes of constitutional design. November 2019 Constitution Academy will be the third Academy offered by the MyConstitution Programme.
As Myanmar is currently consolidating its democracy and transitioning towards a federal state, state and regional institutions will play an increasingly crucial role in terms of good governance, division of power, checks and balances, and resource sharing.
A four-day intensive course on constitutional issues titled: "The Media Training on Constitutional Issues and Debates" is aimed at Myanmar journalists. This course is demand driven and organized in response to journalist participants in the June 2018 International IDEA Constitution Academy, held in Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar.
The presidential and congressional elections took place in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, May 19. International IDEA, other organizations, and guests from different countries followed the elections on the ground.
El domingo 19 de mayo tuvieron lugar las elecciones presidenciales y congresuales en República Dominicana, las que fueron seguidas en el terreno por IDEA Internacional y otros organismos e invitados de diferentes países.
According to a 2019 survey, 12.8 per cent of Myanmar’s 54.38 million population (an estimated 5.9 million people) live with disabilities. In a survey conducted for the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in 2022
International IDEA spoke to artist Chuu Wai (chuuwai.com) on the occasion of International Women’s Day about her perspectives on the role of women in art and resistance and about the impact of traditional culture on men and women in Myanmar.
IDEA Internacional habló con la artista Chuu Wai (chuuwai.com) con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer sobre sus perspectivas sobre el papel de las mujeres en el arte y la resistencia y sobre el impacto de la cultura tradicional en hombres y mujeres en Myanmar.
Between December 7th and 9th, 2023, International IDEA’s Tunis Office collaborated with the non-profit organization "The Model African Union" to organize a Model African Union event in Tunis, Tunisia. The event brought together 28 students from Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa, with a thematic focus on climate change and migration.