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Resources
Parliamentary Monitoring in Tough Times: Lessons Learned for Building Networks and Achieving Results
A healthy democracy depends on a healthy parliament, capable of articulating citizens’ concerns, enacting laws for the common good and holding the executive branch to account for their implementation. For this to happen, effective citizen involvement and participation is imperative.
The Role of Parliament in Public Debt Management in Zambia
Debt can be an important mechanism for governments to invest in development and infrastructure, or respond to crises. However, over the past decade the public debt portfolio of many countries in Africa has ballooned to unsustainable levels, to the detriment of spending on essential public services. Parliaments have a critical role to play in providing oversight of government budgeting, borrowing, and spending, and serving as a check on the executive branch.
DISICON 2024: NDI's 6th Information Integrity Conference
NDI held its sixth conference on information integrity, DISICON, on December 6 and 7, 2023, in Pristina, Kosovo, with the overarching theme of “Understanding and Responding to Gendered Disinformation.” The conference brought together local, regional, and international experts from various fields to discuss gendered disinformation and its consequences, explore effective ways to combat it and elevate the protection of human rights in policy responses to these urgent information integrity issues
A Human Rights Challenge in Access to Education in North Korea: Contradiction Between Laws and Reality
This two-part report, conducted by Daily NK and Unification Academy (UA) in partnership with NKnet, shows the systematic barriers and current discriminatory practices that exist in North Korea that limit access to education for all citizens. In addition, both reports reveal the intertwined nature of human rights issues that are embedded within the education system such as discrimination against children and women, forced labor, and songbun and social classification system 53.
Empower & Lead: A guide on using the media safely and effectively
An open democratic space requires inclusive political processes supported by a free media that operates with integrity. This guide is a compilation of best practices and lessons learned and serves as a resource to help women in politics and women in the media use the media safely and effectively. It is the product of an innovative program partnership between NDI's Gender, Women and Democracy team and the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF).
