An event was held to discuss the impact of dictatorship on women, particularly in the Middle East
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A General Failure to Elect Women Parliamentarians Worldwide
Report finds little progress is being made in increasing the number of women parliamentarians
Transparency International says global graft fight at standstill
Governments are not doing enough in the global fight against graft, the anti-corruption watchdog said Wednesday
A Review of Environmental Activists Working Worldwide
The stakes are higher in countries where corruption and the scramble for resources can lead to violence
Bitcoin’s Geopolitical and Financial Significance
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are not a currency like any other, guaranteed by internal law and interbank agreements.
VIDEO: Review of Modern Democracy and Disinformation
A new video reviews how the battle for accurate information has been affected by a rise in disinformation
Popular ProPublica Tool Monitors Facebook Political Ads
Concerns about political advertising on Facebook have soared in the wake of covert Russian efforts
VIDEO: The role of nonprofits as laboratories for political change
They go by many names, nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, charities, but what has been their role in promoting democracy?
United Nations and African Union detail plan for cooperation
In Ethiopia, the two organizations signed a new agreement to bolster their collaboration on range of global issues
Economist: Global Democracy Declining, U.S. Follows Suit
The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index looked at 167 countries, more than half saw a ranking decline