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Gender parity in continental leadership remains elusive after one of Africa’s leading organizations, the Pan African Parliament (PAP), recently elected a man to lead the institution. Last week, Zimbabwean-born Chief Fortune Charumbira was elected as the new Pan African Parliament president. He became the fifth president and the fourth man to lead the organization since its formation in 2004.

The Government of Tanzania has adopted policies that advance gender equality and youth inclusion in a supportive enabling environment. However, the legal and regulatory framework and the sector-specific policies of government ministries and independent departments have yet to be aligned with these policies.

Citizens are increasingly becoming optimistic that the occupation of key decision-making positions at the council level will result in good service provision. No doubt, Local Authorities are the providers of basic services like health, water, waste management and housing.

“Ensuring accountability for past actions, developing mechanisms for transitional justice, enshrining the principles of equality and protection of rights of all ethnic, religious and gender minorities, including Rohingya and other marginalized groups in Myanmar’s future federal constitution and combating all forms of injustice are vital for democracy and constitutional reform in a country and failing to uphold these principles could threaten the country's entire populations.” Wai

International IDEA Sudan’s programme celebrated the graduation of the first batch from the Young Women Democracy Academy (YWDA) on 9 August 2022.

Kenya promulgated a new constitution in August 2010, creating a solid legal platform for enhancing participatory governance through devolved structures at the county level. The establishment of a devolved system of government aimed to facilitate access to power and to move control over resources from the central government to the counties.

Africa has made significant progress in enhancing inclusive political participation and representation, mostly for women, youth and people living with disabilities. This report unpacks the trends and challenges of inclusive participation in Africa.

On July 25, exactly one year after Tunisia’s maverick President Kais Saied sacked the prime minister, dissolved the parliament, suspended the much-celebrated 2014 constitution and started to rule by decree, Tunisians voted to approve a draft constitution proposed by him that critics warn will 

International IDEA condemns in the strongest possible terms the extra-legal executions of four democracy defenders in Myanmar, which mark yet another shocking escalation of the violence perpetrated by the military junta. International IDEA associates itself with the wide condemnation of these executions by the international community and the Myanmar national organizations, including the National Unity Government (NUG).

International IDEA and Perludem are excited to announce the launch of the Electoral Redistricting App (ERA). The release of this unique and free Geographic Information System (GIS) software has been designed to empower electoral management bodies (EMBs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), researchers and other electoral stakeholders around the world to engage in the process of electoral districting. 

With an aim to encourage a stable, acceptable and democratic constitutional settlement in Sudan, International IDEA Sudan is organizing an academic constitutional activity to engage Sudanese political actors, civil society and opinion-formers in constitution-building.

The Constitution Academy is an intensive, interactive, residential academy, with a mixture of lectures, seminars, Q&A, exercises and simulations. The training is delivered over eight days.

International IDEA is proud to announce the release of the 6th edition of the Global State of Democracy Indices. This year’s update sees the addition of eight new countries, increasing the total coverage to 173 countries with data stretching from 1975 to 2021 on 116 indicators of democratic performance at the global, regional and national levels.

Every major political process, whether peace negotiations, elections, parliamentary terms, constitutional reform or other forms of decision-making, can contribute to challenging gender inequality in public life. This brief explores how to be an effective constitutional advocate for gender equality and women’s rights in Myanmar.

This brief explores how constitutional advocates for women’s equality in Myanmar can advance women’s representation and meaningful participation in public decision-making and institutions. It looks at how different countries have aimed to do this through their constitutions, and what lessons can be learned for your own advocacy strategies.

This brief explores how gender-based violence in Myanmar, particularly violence against women and girls, is addressed in the absence of a clear constitutional provision and legal protection.

This brief explores inclusion strategies for constitutional and democratic reform in the post-coup context of Myanmar. It highlights the challenges to gender equality and inclusion in Myanmar, including the role and demands of the pro-democracy actors in Myanmar’s post-coup political landscape. It analyses how inclusive Myanmar’s legitimate interim government institutions are and what the revised Federal Democracy Charter states about gender and inclusion.

El 20 de mayo de 2022, IDEA Internacional y PNUD presentaron la Iniciativa Conjunta para el Fortalecimiento de la Gobernanza en América Latina y el Caribe.

While the use of Internet and social media has become an integral part of the communications strategies of many political parties and candidates across the globe, many countries still struggle to improve financial transparency behind such online campaigning. Latvia is one of the few countries that has, over time, passed laws that define and addressed online campaign finance.

Si bien a menudo se considera que el Reino Unido tiene uno de los sistemas de financiamiento político más transparentes, aún no está claro cómo se gastó más de 1 de cada 10 GBP en las últimas elecciones generales del país.

During an African Union summit on humanitarian work in late May, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed affirmed his government’s “commitment to ensuring assistance reaches those afflicted by natural and manmade disasters,” and called on international partners to “scale up their support for humanitarian services across the continent.”