Join the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Embassy of Canada to the United States for a discussion on the risks and opportunities for AI in elections and the launch of International IDEA’s new report "Artificial Intelligence for Electoral Management.” The event will be held in-person at the Embassy of Canada and will also be live streamed for people abroad to watch the event.
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Global digital governance is at a pivotal moment in history with an abundance of multilateral processes currently defining the way digital technologies, especially the internet and artificial intelligence, will function in the coming decades.
This side event will explore women’s political participation and empowerment in post-coup Myanmar.
The launch of the Women and Youth in Democracy (WYDE) | Women’s Leadership Initiative, funded by the European Union and learn more about its implementation through the project "Advancing Women’s Political Participation and Decision-Making through Social Norms Change, Networking and Global Advocacy.”
International IDEA and the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC are delighted to host an event in celebration of International IDEA’s recently published Global State of Democracy Report. The event will be held in-person at House of Sweden, and will also be live streamed for people abroad to watch the event online.
Join International IDEA and the SDG16 Data Initiative in the virtual launch of their 2023 report: ‘A “Bold New Agenda” is falling short: the perils and promises of SDG16’.
Please join International IDEA's North America Programme on 15 November 2023 for a launch event in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the publication of ‘Special Voting Arrangements (SVA): The International IDEA Handbook’.
From the climate emergency to conflict and widespread human rights violations, continued food and energy insecurity, increasing division and political polarization, and a growing disillusionment with institutions to deliver on promises made in 2015, we are in the midst of intersecting and often overwhelming crises. However, solutions do exist and champions for them persist.
SDG16 Data Initiative 2023 at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)
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Halfway to the 2030 Agenda and with an eye to the SDG Summit, this side-event brings together stakeholders from across the SDG16+ community to take stock of progress towards SDG16+ and share in lessons learned and strategic approaches for strengthened implementation going forward. As such, it will also look to key opportunities for mobilization leading into the SDG Summit in September 2023 and beyond, drawing upon recent and upcoming research by the SDG16+ community (including the TAP Networ
On April 15th, 2023, tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) turned into fighting, escalating into a severe armed conflict that has engulfed the country in what risks turning into a large-scale civil war. The warring factions took power together through a military coup on October 25th, 2021, which upended a fragile democratic transition that started after the removal of long-time ruler Omar Al-Bashir.
On April 15th, 2023, tensions between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) turned into fighting, escalating into a severe armed conflict that has engulfed the country in what risks turning into a large-scale civil war. The warring factions took power together through a military coup on October 25th, 2021, which upended a fragile democratic transition that started after the removal of long-time ruler Omar Al-Bashir.
International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization with 34 member states, dedicated to strengthening and advancing democracy around the world. Since 2003, International IDEA has had Permanent Observer Representation at the UN General Assembly.
Do you want to learn more about International IDEA’s support to constitution building processes around the world, the new dataset of the Global State of Democracy Indices and IDEA’s most recently launched tool to track democratic developments around the world?
International IDEA invites you to the prelaunch of the Inclusion Portal on 13 March 2023, 13:15-14:30 EST, at the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room A, Conference Building, New York.
The Gender Cohort Co-leads Sweden, Romania, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and International IDEA invites you to the side event Gender Equality as a Prerequisite for Democracy, on 9 March 2023, 15:00-16:15 EST, at the United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room B, Conference Building, New York.
The prioritisation of technology in enhancing gender equality is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 5. Although digital technologies are regarded as a tool to enhance gender equality and women’s empowerment global data shows there are glaring disparities in access, use, affordability, knowledge and more.
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.