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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. 

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

The UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, in partnership with International IDEA, will convene a policy dialogue in Addis Ababa to examine and explore ways to make elections more meaningful to African citizens beyond the ballot. 

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is organising a Regional Dialogue on Advancing Transformative Gender Social Norms to Enhance Women and Youth Participation and Representation in Leadership and Decision-Making and a National Intergenerational Dialogue on Advancing Youth Participation and Representation in Leadership and Decision-Making in cooperation with UN Women.

The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is partnering with the African Union (AU) on the implementation of this activity, within the framework of its MOU with the African Union Commission (AUC). International IDEA is providing technical and financial support through the EU-funded Strengthening Pan-African Capacities for Electoral Observation and Assistance (SPEC) project.

As part of the operationalization of the Regional Mechanism on Support to Inclusive Constitutional Transitions (RMSICT), International IDEA is organizing – in partnership with the Government of Kenya and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), its 3rd Annual Retreat for African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) Special Envoys and High Officials in Nairobi, Kenya from 29 to 31 October 2024.

Helping parliaments evaluate their performance and strengthen democratic governance through data-driven assessment tools will be in focus at the AGORA Community of Practice Workshop on "Measuring Parliaments’ Effectiveness within Democracy", held online on 23 October 2024, from 14:00 to 16:15 CEST.

Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time, which will determine the fate of coming generations on our planet. Climate action since the 2015 Paris Agreement shows that while solutions are available, neither ambition nor implementation are progressing at the required pace. Democratic institutions must adapt not only to protect societies and the environment, but also since climate change poses an existential risk to democracy.

Hosted by Human Rights Watch, this panel will explore how economic inequality fuels social unrest and the weakening of democratic institutions. Featuring former heads of state and civil society leaders, this event aims to identify actionable strategies to address economic injustices while promoting democratic governance. 

International IDEA's Africa and West Asia Programme will launch the 2024 edition of its flagship Global State of Democracy report in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 17th, 2024.

International IDEA Africa and West Asia Programme is proud to announce the hosting of its annual International Day of Democracy Roundtable in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Skylight Hotel on September 17, 2024. 

International IDEA in collaboration with Southern Africa Resources Watch (SARW) is organising a technical roundtable on the geopolitics of Africa's critical mineral resources in Lusaka, Zambia from 29 to 30 August 2024.

Within the framework of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Electoral Commissions’ Forum of SADC Countries (ECF SADC) is collaborating with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) to organize the 12th New Commissioners’ Orientation (NCO) Programme, that will be hosted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), in Lusaka, Zambia from August 27-29, 2024.

International IDEA will host a Regional Workshop on Electoral Risk Management for Election Management Bodies (EMBs) on August 26-27, 2024, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The Africa and West Asia Programme of International IDEA is collaborating with the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa and the African Union Commission to organize a strategic reflection meeting of women chairpersons of electoral management bodies (EMBs) in Africa on 5-6 August 2024, in Accra, Ghana. This meeting will be hosted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Association of African Electoral Authorities. The meeting which is the first gathering of its kind aims to set the framework for the establishment of an African women leadership network in electoral management.

This strategic reflection meeting will bring together current women chairpersons of EMBs from nine African countries: Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The WPP barometer is a resource that demonstrates the status of Women's Political Participation in Africa. It aims to provide evidence, especially to legislators and policy makers to advocate and strengthen women's political participation and leadership. The webinar will take place on 10 July 2024 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (CEST). 

Keynote speaker

Tshireletso Mogogi Botlogile

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The Government of Botswana is proud to announce the hosting of the “High-Level Dialogue on Comparative Mineral Resources Governance in Africa” on June 27 and 28, 2024. This significant conference will bring together diverse national, regional, and international organizations and stakeholders to discuss and strategise the future of mineral resources governance across the continent.

Capacity building workshop with Gabon’s National Assembly on the development of a legislative and constitutional system within the framework of the implementation of the Gabon Inclusive National dialogue.