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March 15, 2024
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March 15, 2024
The advancement of artificial intelligence brings opportunities for journalistic coverage in terms of task optimization and automation. At the same time, AI can bring risks, such as the proliferation of misinformation. Addressing these threats and seizing opportunities requires ongoing training and updating.
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March 07, 2024
IDEA Internacional participa junto a Fundación Mohme en la fundación de “Micaelas”, la nueva Red de Periodistas Políticas Mujeres del Sur del Perú, que busca promover y dinamizar el diálogo político e inclusivo en: Arequipa, Ayacucho, Puno, Apurímac y Cusco.
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March 07, 2024
Female politicians and young women aspiring to join politics from 47 counties have received a five-day training from the 5th Women in Political Participation (WPP) Academy on how to enhance their political leadership skills, promote inclusivity in political participation and inspire young women to join politics.
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March 06, 2024
The informal and formal barriers to women’s political decision-making still exist, six years before the expiration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Amongst the informal factors we still witness, culture, tradition and religion are being used to water down women’s agency in meaningful participation in political decision-making. This Women’s Day should be a time to reflect on how women influenced some milestone political decisions.
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March 06, 2024
The recently concluded fifth Women Political Participation (WPP) Academy by the Forum for Africa Women Educationalists (FAWE) was a residential five-day training. It targeted women who hold political positions in Kenya’s government, women who vied in the 2022 Kenyan general election, young women aspiring to join politics whose age bracket is between 18 to 35 years, and student leaders. The participants were drawn from the 47 counties within Kenya.
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March 05, 2024
Electoral integrity in Kenya has historically been shaped by constitutional amendments, political intrigues between politicians and political parties, and a culture of disputed presidential election results.
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March 05, 2024
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) leadership is in Nairobi this week on a learning visit to the Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) and affiliates and allied media organisations.
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February 28, 2024
Electoral management in Kenya has undergone many changes since the establishment of the first electoral commission in 1963, through the Kenya Independence Order in Council. The country has also experienced a series of changes in its political system.
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January 19, 2024
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), one of the seven partners within the Women In Political Participation (WPP) Project, recently convened a strategic 2-day gender-responsive training for select Kenyan journalists, editors and social media influencers drawn from various Kenya television, print media and radio stations.
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September 26, 2023
La polarización tóxica amenaza a varias democracias en el mundo. En diversas sociedades se enfrentan extremos políticos que desconfían uno del otro y se presentan sin posibilidades de entendimiento.
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May 24, 2023
Local governance comprises a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens and their groups can articulate their interests and needs and mediate their differences. The participation of citizens in governance is one of the underlying components of democracy. Engaging citizens in the act of governance engenders transparency, improves accountability and public resource management and brings about good policy outcomes, development and the social well-being of citizens.
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May 11, 2023
During a crisis such as a public emergency, the effectiveness of parliaments should be assessed by considering their ability to activate in a timely manner the necessary disaster management legislative framework, and to provide oversight to ensure that such legislation is applied by the executive in a necessary, non-discriminatory and proportional way.
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Tras el golpe de Estado de Pedro Castillo en diciembre, el Perú se mantiene en una crisis política con pocas salidas evidentes. A pesar de la mayoritaria desaprobación del Congreso y el Ejecutivo, las autoridades parecen convencidas de quedarse en sus cargos hasta el 2026.
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March 07, 2023
The Summit for Democracy is an initiative headed by the United States Government to discuss how to advance the Summit’s three broad themes: strengthening democracy and defending against authoritarianism; addressing and fighting corruption; and advancing respect for human rights.
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La Segunda Vuelta Electoral (SVE), doble vuelta electoral o balotaje, es una variante de las fórmulas electorales de mayoría, y en América Latina (AL) su incorporación a los sistemas electorales se ha focalizado sobre todo en las elecciones presidenciales, aunque existen países que la contemplan también para otros cargos, casi siempre ejecutivos.
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En la política latinoamericana, la elección presidencial permanece como el momento cumbre para la ciudadanía, los partidos, los medios, así como en el interés internacional.
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January 25, 2023
Desde el 6 al 13 de diciembre de 2022, el secretario general de IDEA Internacional, Kevin Casas-Zamora realizó una visita oficial a varios países de América Latina, con el objetivo de continuar con la promoción de la democracia, el fortalecimiento de las relaciones con los estados miembros de IDEA Internacional, y explorar una mayor colaboración con los países de la región.
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January 23, 2023
As the political crisis in Peru worsens, Alicia del Aguila explores its roots. Key to understanding it are the political polarisation of recent years, tensions between the Central and Southern Andes, and the historical marginalisation of rural and indigenous people.
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