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Hope for women in Fiji's 2022/2023 General Election

Some of the countries in Melanesia have a low percentage of women in Parliament compared to the global average. Fiji is among the better ones, but much remains to be done.

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Upcoming Events

16 March 2022

Virtual Event

Democracy Dialogues: How can we measure the health of democracy?

There are a number of metrics and indices developed to assess the vibrancy, stability, and health of democratic institutions and culture. But they often measure different things. International IDEA's Head of Democracy Assessment Unit, Dr Seema Shah, will participate in the University of Virginia's Democracy Dialogues, a series produced by the UVA Karsh...

16 March 2022

Suva

Electoral Campaigning in Fiji

The second panel discussion under the 'Anticipating Elections in Fiji' series will be on the following topic: Electoral Campaigning in Fiji. Since, Fiji has reduced the district magnitude to one which is one whole nation constituency under the Open List Proportional Representation system, it has affected the way campaigning is done in Fiji. This in turn has...

24 March 2022

Virtual

Presentation of the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) 2021 Report, in collaboration with Youth Atlantic Treaty Association Norway (YATA)

The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become increasingly brazen in their repression, and many democratic governments restrict free speech and weaken the rule of law.

27 July 2020

Understanding COVID-19 and Democracy

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is changing how we lead our lives and how political leaders are making decisions at the local, national and global level. What does this mean for immediate decisions on elections and how does it shape the adjustments made around governance and emergency powers?