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DI Small Grants Expand Reach of Electoral Education in Afghanistan
March 19, 2013

Through small grants to Afghan civil society organizations, DI is supporting a series of advocacy training and electoral education campaigns that target remote areas normally inaccessible to such efforts. The local civil society groups selected to receive the small grants help DI achieve one of its primary goals in Afghanistan: facilitating Afghan-led electoral reform to strengthen democracy and foster innovations in governance.

DI Leads Research Team for Kenyan Elections
March 11, 2013

For Kenya’s March 4 presidential election, DI worked with researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to measure the effect of election observation and study voter perceptions of violence and intimidation, voter registration, and election fraud. We also advised the Catholic Peace and Justice Commission on mobilizing domestic election monitors. DI Principal Eric Bjornlund led a team of nine researchers/election observers working with some 600 local researchers and pollwatchers.

In Light of International Women’s Day, Spotlight on DI’s Program in Bangladesh
March 8, 2013

In the spirit of International Women’s Day, DI continues to support women as political leaders and activists in Bangladesh. Since 2011 DI has been working with political parties and female party members to increase the number of women in political leadership roles at the national, regional, and local levels. Women currently hold only 68 of 350 seats in parliament (including 50 reserved seats) and are rarely involved in political party decision-making at any level.

DI Holds ElecTech Conference for Middle East Election and Technology Innovators
March 7, 2013

On March 4 and 5, 2013, DI brought together election observation groups, civil society activists, technology firms, and entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and North Africa for a major ElecTech conference in Tunis, Tunisia. More than 100 participants from 43 organizations attended the conference, part of DI’s Election Monitoring Innovation Program funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the U.S. State Department.

USAID Awards Rule of Law Contract to DI
February 8, 2013

The U.S. Agency for International Development recently awarded Democracy International a five-year Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) to implement programs around the world that respond to rule of law challenges and develop a culture of respect for human rights. Under the Rule of Law IQC, DI will be able to provide long- and short-term technical assistance and capacity building in support of critical rule of law priorities, including order and security, legal institutions, checks and balances, fairness and human rights, and the effective application of the law.