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JHR’s UNDEF-funded project in Tunisia recently began a follow-up reporting on the local government’s slow and inadequate response to the tragic and avoidable incident.
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNDEF is working to strengthen young women's online and offline civic engagement.
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An UNDEF project in Mexico is strengthening the political participation and leadership of women with disabilities in the development of a national disability strategy.
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In this Round, UNDEF received 1,872 project proposals from organizations in 133 countries, the vast majority local NGOs, reflecting continued high demand.
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A conversation with the Deputy Secretary-General, SDG advocate, and UNDEF's project partners regarding innovation for women and equality.
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For the next generation to be prepared for leadership challenges, an UNDEF project led by Plan International Timor-Leste with a local NGO (Movimento Feto Foin Sae), have joined forces to promote youth leadership in local…
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An UNDEF project in Albania organized a roundtable with journalists and other key media actors to counter expressions of hate speech and sexism, and to uphold journalistic standards.
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An UNDEF-funded project in Tunisia aims at bridging the democratic gap between the government and the marginalized oil-producing communities of Tataouine and Kebili.
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An UNDEF project in Bosnia and Herzegovina raises public awareness about the Bosnian war by developing tools for teaching and learning as a means to counter revisionist and denialist narratives.
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A project in Nepal yields promising results, such as sessions on gender transformative social norms behavior and social accountability monitoring using the Citizens Report Card.
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This November, UNDEF project partner ABAAD presented critical work on gender equality to the fourth session of the Forum on Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law at the United Nations in Geneva.
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The UN Democracy Fund Advisory Board met in the UN’s SDG Studio for its annual autumn meeting on October 25th and approved UNDEF’s 17th annual call for proposals.
Engaging Haiti’s Youth in the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity
Voice to Action: International Day of Democracy 2025
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SDG Lounge - Growing Local Solutions
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Navigating AI for Governance and Citizen Engagement
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Empowering the next generation: Democracy for climate justice
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SDG Roundtable: Marking 75 Years of Human Rights and Civil Society Participation
SDG Dialogues: International Day of Democracy 2022
UNDEF Partner Protecting Media Freedom
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