DemocracyNext: How to supercharge democracy in Austria

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In the city of Vorarlberg, a thousand signatures trigger a Citizens' Council. Austria can build on these innovations ahead of its elections

Calling on Singapore to respect international safeguards and halt executions

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on 3 May 2024 We are greatly concerned by the news that the Government of Singapore has issued at least five execution notices since 12 April 2024, all cases in relation to drug offending.

LSE: Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox

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About — The idea of the ‘Bangladesh paradox’ describes the unexpected social progress that Bangladesh has made in recent decades that has been both pro-poor and gender equitable. This began at a time when the country was characterised by extreme levels of poverty, poor quality governance, an oppressive patriarchy and rising Islamic orthodoxy. 

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

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The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event 2024 will mark a significant milestone of twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in two phases — Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Twenty years ago WSIS set the framework for global digital cooperation with a vision to build people-centric, inclusive, and development-ori

‘Time is running out’ to address crisis in Sudan

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15 May 2024Humanitarian Aid The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are “trapped in an inferno of brutal violence”, the top UN aid official in the country said on Wednesday.

Solving Difficult Collective Impact Challenges

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The Collective Impact Forum is launching Solving Difficult Collective Impact Challenges, a new virtual learning series that will cover adaptive leadership and other practices to help manage and solve for complexity, change, and conflict within their coalitions.

Global economic growth improves but ‘downsides’ lurk

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16 May 2024Economic Development The global economic picture has improved since January, but vulnerabilities remain, the mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report published on Thursday has revealed.

Bringing justice to our broken food systems: insights from the Food Equity Centre

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21 MAY 2024: International collaborative research group, the Food Equity Centre (FEC), will share insights into inequities in food systems in Brazil, South Africa, the UK and globally, particularly in the context of South Africa’s 2024 elections, climate change, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The Uneven Playing Field of Climate Information and Democratic Discourse: Insights from the First Stockholm Series Lecture

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Climate disinformation and what it means for the democratic conversation was the topic of the first event in the Stockholm Series of Public Lectures on Climate Change and Democracy, which took place on 23 April 2024 at International IDEA’s Headquarters in Stockholm.

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