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Electoral processes are conducted in increasingly challenging environments.

El seminario Ecosistemas de Integridad Electoral se realiza en el marco del proyecto “Fortalecimiento de los Ecosistemas de Integridad Electoral para Proteger las Democracias en América Latina”, financiado por la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). 

In 2025, we mark 30 years since the Beijing Declaration. As the global community reflects, we ask: Are the promises of gender equality being realized?

Join a powerful panel of young women leaders who were at CSW69, as they share key insights, lessons, and bold visions for the future of women’s political participation.

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International IDEA is pleased to invite you to the online launch of our new report, “Combatting Corruption in Political Finance: Global Trends, Challenges and Solutions,” on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, from 15:30 to 17:00 CEST.

International IDEA’s Asia and the Pacific program and the Applied Democracy Lab (ADL) at the University of Dhaka will implement the Youth Democracy Academy to selected Dhaka-based students through online learning and dialogues. This joint activity aims to enhance knowledge about democracy and provide space for students to discuss their country’s current political landscape.

As part of Legitimult, International IDEA is organizing a half-day workshop “Lessons from Covid-19 – Journalism in a Post-Pandemic Future,” taking place on 10 April at International IDEA HQ, Stockholm. 

The Africa and West Asia Electoral Process Programme of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), in collaboration with the African Union (AU) is organizing a reflection and technical meeting on electoral processes in Africa. The meeting will take place from April 9th to 12th April 2025, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

International IDEA Secretary-General Kevin Casas-Zamora will speak at the opening reception of "Upgrading Local Democracy! Our Europe starts in cities" in Leipzig, Germany on April 7th at 19:00 CEST. The event is organized by Eurocities and the city of Leipzig.

International IDEA's Democracy Assessment Unit is hosting a discussion event on Thursday, 3 April 2025, aimed at exploring how strategic foresight can help shape democratic futures. 

On April, 3 and April, 4, International IDEA’s Democracy Assessment team will provide training in the State of Democracy (SoD) assessment framework for the Institute of Governance Reform (IGR) in Sierra Leone, and its data collectors, as well as members of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) and the assessment’s technical sub-committee.

The last two decades have seen a well-documented decline in democracy worldwide. This shift has corresponded with many governments increasing legal and policy restrictions on civil society.

Together with the Rule of Law Centre at the University of Helsinki and in collaboration with the General Prosecution Office, International IDEA is organizing a training for law enforcement agencies on Election Integrity: Strengthening Prosecutors’ Role in Fraud Investigations on March 20–21, 2025, in Tirana, Albania.

Women are often marginalised from decision-making in conflict and transitional contexts. Despite evidence that women’s presence and participation lead to better and longer lasting outcomes for peace, they remain underrepresented in transitional governments and peacebuilding bodies.

Under the auspices of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), the European Parliament engages in comprehensive capacity building support for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU).

The UN has identified Gender-based violence (GBV) against women as one of the most severe human rights violations across the world. Despite the scale and scope of GBV incidents, survivors who seek help through formal or informal justice sector channels, continue to navigate numerous challenges in doing so. According to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018 (NDHS), 31 percent of girls and women aged 15-49 years have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in their lives

El Instituto para la Democracia y la Asistencia Electoral, IDEA Internacional, en conjunto con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, PNUD, abordarán medidas y estrategias que permitan avanzar hacia una representación política equilibrada en Chile, considerando los desafíos actuales, así como las buenas prácticas que han contribuido en avanzar agenda de igualdad en América Latina y en Chile.

International IDEA’s commitment to promote women’s empowerment and gender equality is at the core of the Institute’s mandate to advance, promote and protect sustainable democracy worldwide by responding to the key challenges and opportunities for strengthening democracy in the current and emerging democracy landscape. Such challenges include that women and men are still treated differently and given different tasks, responsibilities, opportunities, and privileges in most societies.

This SDG16+ Informal Roundtable will facilitate an open dialogue among civil society, member states, UN staff, and other stakeholders to identify advocacy priorities and actionable strategies for advancing SDG16+ and SDG5 in tandem.

Thirty years after the Beijing Conference, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPFA) remain a blueprint for equality. Amid global challenges, women leaders face increasing attacks, impacting progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Structural, socioeconomic, and cultural barriers, rooted in unequal power relations and discriminatory norms, hinder women's participation. Today just 25 countries are headed by a woman.

International IDEA and UNDP invite all young people who are interested in becoming more politically engaged. This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of your current knowledge of youth political participation.