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WFD joined a National Conference in Sierra Leone focused on discussing strategies that will urge all political parties and the government to tone down unhelpful rhetoric, utterances, and actions.
Under the EU Media Dialogue programme, WFD delivered a campaign against the use of hate speech in Kyrgyzstani elections. In the run up to the November 2021 parliamentary elections, WFD targeted political parties, candidates, activists, and the media, to raise awareness of the concept of hate speech, the legal implications of its use, and positive measures that could be taken to prevent or avoid it. Political parties demonstrated their agreement with the aims of the campaign, when they included points discussed at WFD activities in the cross-party memorandum on holding elections within the law.
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In September 2018, WFD launched a new initiative under the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy (CP4D), to improve the social, political and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities in Mozambique.
The violence against persons prohibition VAPP Law in Nigeria provides a legal framework for the protection of all citizens – including vulnerable people such as women, girls, children, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs). To ensure grassroots stakeholders have good knowledge and understanding of the content of the Ondo State VAPP Law, WFD partnered with the Ondo State Agency Against Gender-Based Violence (OSAA-GBV) and the office of the first Lady of Ondo state to conduct community sensitisation.
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Operating directly in more than 30 countries and territories across the world, we are helping to make political systems fairer, more inclusive, and more accountable. We do this by working with parliaments, political parties, organisations responsible for elections, and civil society.
Environmental democracy has three pillars: transparency, participation and justice. This document explains how WFD supports a democratic response to global environmental crises by working with parliaments, political parties and civil society.
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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.
Indonesia | Report |
Since 2015, WFD has collaborated with the Parliament of Sri Lanka to reinforce financial scrutiny committees and Sectoral Oversight Committees (SOCs), providing professional development training and developing guidelines for effective scrutiny and oversight. Between 2016-2019, WFD facilitated UK-Sri Lanka parliamentary exchanges for oversight insights.
WFD takes an inclusive and cross-party approach to strengthen the parliament, focusing on underrepresented groups. WFD provides technical assistance to diverse stakeholders by collaborating with the parliament and political parties, even during times of political uncertainty.
Our programmes aim to foster inclusive politics, accountable systems, the protection of freedoms, and pluralist societies. Enhanced inclusion stems from relationship building and information sharing between political actors and civil society. Incentivised political actors and collaborative civil society organisations (CSOs) contribute to better policymaking, establishing long-term progress.
Using a political economy analysis (PEA) framework with gender and conflict-sensitive lenses, we prioritise democracy-specific needs. Our problem-driven programming addresses core issues, assisting parliaments, political parties, civil society, and electoral systems in delivering meaningful societal outcomes.
WFD takes an inclusive and cross-party approach to strengthen the parliament, focusing on underrepresented groups. WFD provides technical assistance to diverse stakeholders by collaborating with the parliament and political parties, even during times of political uncertainty.
Our programmes aim to foster inclusive politics, accountable systems, the protection of freedoms, and pluralist societies. Enhanced inclusion stems from relationship building and information sharing between political actors and civil society. Incentivised political actors and collaborative civil society organisations (CSOs) contribute to better policymaking, establishing long-term progress.
Using a political economy analysis (PEA) framework with gender and conflict-sensitive lenses, we prioritise democracy-specific needs. Our problem-driven programming addresses core issues, assisting parliaments, political parties, civil society, and electoral systems in delivering meaningful societal outcomes.
The new European Commission Country Report on North Macedonia 2020 highlights two achievements which were supported by WFD, including the adoption of the Declaration for Active Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities.
We should move beyond the concept of independence and think about election commissions as inherently interdependent institutions that operate in complex political environments, characterised by competing interests and unequal power relations.
Under the EU Media Dialogue programme, WFD delivered a campaign against the use of hate speech in Kyrgyzstani elections. In the run up to the November 2021 parliamentary elections, WFD targeted political parties, candidates, activists, and the media, to raise awareness of the concept of hate speech, the legal implications of its use, and positive measures that could be taken to prevent or avoid it. Political parties demonstrated their agreement with the aims of the campaign, when they included points discussed at WFD activities in the cross-party memorandum on holding elections within the law.
The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which fell on 9th November 1989, prompts reflections on the state of democracy around the world.
On 25 July, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) launched a new Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) to support the advancement of democracy in Nigeria through increased political participation and electoral representation of young people.
Nigeria |
For a decade, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) supported the Parliament of Ghana as it worked to become a stronger, more inclusive and accountable institution. WFD Ghana nurtured the next generation of political leaders – both young men and young women – to better equip them to break from participating in decision-making.
In October 2020, WFD marked the conclusion of its most recent programme in Ghana. Like everywhere, the task of strengthening democracy in the country is ongoing. WFD’s Ghanaian partners – including the Speaker, Members, Secretary General and staff of the Parliament of Ghana and civil society organisations – continue this important work.
In addition to the programme’s achievements detailed below, the rich legacy of WFD’s work in Ghana includes a wealth of local knowledge and relationships which WFD retains within our regional African programmes and those in the rest of the world.
In October 2020, WFD marked the conclusion of its most recent programme in Ghana. Like everywhere, the task of strengthening democracy in the country is ongoing. WFD’s Ghanaian partners – including the Speaker, Members, Secretary General and staff of the Parliament of Ghana and civil society organisations – continue this important work.
In addition to the programme’s achievements detailed below, the rich legacy of WFD’s work in Ghana includes a wealth of local knowledge and relationships which WFD retains within our regional African programmes and those in the rest of the world.