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WFD produces research that aims to build an evidence base for and improve the quality of democracy assistance. We also generate policy that contributes new tools for democracy support, as well as guides for parliaments, civil society and democracy support practitioners.
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An audience member reads WFD research on access to health services in Sri Lanka,
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The front cover of the report which has the words how not to engage with authoritarian states in large letters above the names of the authors and the WFD and FCDO logos2

This report examines how states that are committed to strengthening democracy engage with authoritarian states – and how this can strengthen authoritarianism. It outlines how pro-democracy governments can better engage with authoritarian states to avoid doing democratic harm and ultimately strengthen democracy around the world.

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WFD VAWP Conference Report to UN SRVAW
The findings, experiences and recommendations from the the Women MPs of the World conference have been collated into this report and is respectfully submitted for consideration by the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Its Causes and Consequences for her special report on violence against women in politics.
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It’s not (only) about the numbers: how to amplify the voices of women in politics
This paper examines the extent to which parliamentary committees provide women in African parliaments with an avenue for influencing laws and policies in the health sector. It maps the inclusion of women in parliamentary committees across sub-Saharan Africa and presents a case study of Malawi, where in 2017 female legislators made use of parliamentary committees to influence a new law on HIV and AIDS – an issue of vital importance to women.
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Parliamentary boycotts in the Western Balkans: a challenge to institutional democracy
Boycotting parliament has become an increasingly common occurrence in parliamentary life in the Western Balkans. To better understand the phenomenon and its potential implications for parliamentary support projects in the Western Balkans, WFD through the Western Balkans Democracy Initiative commissioned a research study on the causes and effects of boycotting parliament.
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Comparative Study on PLS in the Americas
This study is only available in Spanish
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Overview-of-Legislative-Scrutiny-Practices – Myanmar
ယူေက၊အိႏၵိယ၊အင္ဒိုနီးရွားႏွင့္ျပင္သစ္ႏိုင္ငံတို႔ရွိဥပေဒစိစစ္ျခင္းက်င့္သံုးေဆာင္ရြက္မႈမ်ားအေပၚသံုးသပ္ခ်က္
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Just Add Women? Parliamentary Committees and the health sector in Africa
This policy paper examines the extent to which parliamentary committees provide women in African parliaments with an avenue for influencing laws and policies in the health sector.
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Independent oversight institutions and regulatory agencies, and their relationship to parliament
This paper proposes one assessment framework to analyse the institutional characteristics and functioning of independent oversight institutions and regulatory agencies and their relationship to parliament.
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Legislative scrutiny: overview of legislative scrutiny practices in the UK, India, Indonesia and France
This paper highlights the procedures and practices in reviewing legislation in selected parliaments, while recognising the differences deriving from the countries’ variety of historical backgrounds, political situations and the adopted constitutional and political systems. The paper provides an overview of legislative practices in the UK, India and Indonesia.

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Violence Against Women in Politics Case Study: United Kingdom
This paper considers the myriad ways in which this behaviour affects the participation and experiences of women in political life in the United Kingdom. It gives a brief overview of VAW in the general UK population, before moving on to discuss the prominence of women in UK political life, the role of political parties and parliament, and the experiences of female politicians and activists who have agreed to be interviewed.
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A Guide to Post-Legislative Scrutiny
This guide provides practical guidance for organizing post-legislative scrutiny inquiries in parliament.

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Comparative Study on Post-Legislative Scrutiny
This comparative study describes the process and reasons for Post-Legislative Scrutiny, presents relevant facts and trends in selected countries, and identifies opportunities relevant to the parliamentary strengthening programming of the Westminster foundation for democracy (WFD) and other democracy assistance organizations.
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Violence Against Women in Politics Global Perspectives of a Global Perspectives of a Global Issue
This paper provides a global perspective from eight countries to contextualise the discussions to be held on 19-20 March 2018 in London – when legislators, activists and experts from over 20 countries gather for a two-day summit on VAWP.
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Principles of post-legislative scrutiny by parliaments
The “Principles for Post-Legislative Scrutiny by Parliament” is a policy document aimed at assisting parliaments interested in initiating or strengthening practices of Post-Legislative Scrutiny (Post-Leg). It summarises relevant
practices based on lessons learned from parliaments in the UK and partner parliaments of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). The Principles discuss the mandate to conduct Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Parliament (the “why”), the scope (the “what”), the participants (the “who”), the processes (the “how”) and the timing (the “when”).
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Background paper on the state of legislation for civil society organisations in the East African Community and its effect on the CSO operating environment
This paper discusses Civil Society Organisation (CSO) Operating Space in the EAC, restrictions on CSO operating space, the key drivers and impact of the restrictions on CSOs and CSO operating space from a country perspective.
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Regional road map on good governance for the Western Balkans
What are the best practices and most efficient ways of achieving good governance in the Western Balkans? Can the same approach be used in all countries? How are their systems alike and what sets them apart?
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