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Around the world, WFD is helping to make countries’ political systems more accountable. In an accountable political system, citizens can hold people with power responsible for their decisions, usually via parliament and civil society.
Democracy is a tool to solve real-world problems and make change that positively impacts billions of lives. In episode 1 of our democracy success stories series, Budgeting for all in Malaysia, we tell the story of how gender-responsive budgeting is helping to improve lives in Malaysia.
Malaysia |
Around the world, WFD is helping to make countries’ political systems more accountable. In an accountable political system, citizens can hold people with power responsible for their decisions, usually via parliament and civil society.
This analysis shows the gap between the commitments for gender equality made by the political parties in North Macedonia and their actual practices.
North Macedonia | Study |
WFD's elections expert, Tanja Hollstein, discussed key insights from a conversation with WFD's Country Director in Indonesia, Ravio Patra, following the elections in Indonesia held on 14 February 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many governments feeling torn between focusing on addressing the virus and ensuring a recovery on the one hand and addressing the climate emergency on the other. WFD believes that, if they are transparent and inclusive, democracies can do both.
As election day in Indonesia comes to an end, will the appointment of over 20,000 new legislators make its parliament more open and transparent?
Democracy is a tool to solve real-world problems and make change that positively impacts billions of lives. In episode 2 of our democracy success stories series, our partners in Nigeria explain how stronger democratic processes are helping to end violence against women and girls.
Nigeria |
The Westminster Foundation for Democracy office in Skopje is established in 2008 and is the first WFD office open outside of the United Kingdom. Since its establishment, the office has worked with institutions, MPs, civil society, political parties, and journalists on advancing democracy, participation and effective public policies.
Across the world, women are under-represented at all levels of formal politics. Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia – the three countries covered by Phase I of the programme – are no different. In Indonesia, women hold 121 of 575 seats in the lower house of parliament, just 21%. In Thailand and Malaysia, just 15% and 14% of seats are held by women. WFD supported politically active women and their allies to participate in local, regional and national politics
In the second phase of the programme WFD will continue to work towards improving equality in political leadership for diverse groups of women in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand.
WFD Maldives is seeking the services of individuals providing translation and interpretation services between Dhivehi and English.
Maldives |
The primary goal of the workshop was to enhance the Women's Club engagement in creating a forthcoming action plan designed to empower women in Montenegro’s political landscape.
Reducing plastic production and consumption during elections would contribute to less plastic pollution and might trigger a new way of thinking around plastic pollution among other actors. This policy paper proposes that electoral management bodies (EMBs) and political parties (PPs) can mitigate the environmental impact of delivering elections and political campaigns by reducing the usage of plastic origin materials.
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