Al-Quds Releases Third Parliamentary Monitoring Report | Nov. 19, 2009

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Al Quds Center for Political Studies, one of NDI-Jordan's civil society partners, released its third parliamentary monitoring report which covered the extraordinary session of parliament held in July and August of 2009.

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Jordanian Parliament Monitor: Third Parliamentary Monitoring Report

The Jordanian Parliament Monitor (the Monitor) is an independent, non-partisan project launched by Al-Quds Center for Political Studies in 2008 with the support of the National Democracy Institute for International Affairs (NDI). It is aimed at developing partnership between Parliament and civil society organizations by enhancing parliamentary practices both at the legislative and oversight levels through the provision of best international practices and expertise.

Political Parties Agree to Make Parliament Stronger | Nov. 16, 2009

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Three major parties in Sindh Assembly have agreed to work together to strengthen the role of parliamentary parties to ensure that the parliament is the supreme body in a democracy.

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Indigenous Women Strengthen Leadership Skills at Guatemalan Academy

Mayan women in Guatemala, who are estimated to be 20 percent of the population, are substantially underrepresented in Guatemalan politics. Despite 1996 UN-sponsored peace accords that called for increasing political involvement of the indigenous population, indigenous women were rarely included on candidate lists in the most recent election in 2007, and only two of the 158 deputies in Congress and one of 333 mayors across the country are Mayan women.

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Nigeria: 2011 and the Imperatives of Electoral Reform | November 2, 2009

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The enlightenment campaign on electoral reforms organized by the National Democratic Institute NDI for the South South zone has ended in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, drawing participants from across the zone to contribute their views on the on-going process of reform.

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What Does Twitter Mean for Foreign Policy | November 2, 2009

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The explosion of online media gives democracy activists living in countries such as Iran powerful tools, according to experts and observers who were part of a panel for a recent U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing in Washington. The commission oversees U.S. adoption of a wide-ranging international rights agreement signed in 1975.

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