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More than 65 percent of Jordanians are under the age of 30, and 43 percent of potential voters are 18 to 25. Those demographics carry the potential for accelerated political reform, provided the country's young people, who have historically been excluded from the political process, decide to make their voices heard.
"Why women, why now?" was the question posed to over 300 participants, both male and female, participating in a week-long series of training sessions across Mexico aimed at giving women candidates the skills and tools they need to get elected to office.
Gender Adviser/Specialist Endah Agustiana will discuss political gender mainstreaming and women’s leadership in Parliament and local levels of government, based on her experience as a gender specialist in Cambodia, East Timor and Vietnam.
Time: 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Date: Jan. 26, 2011
Location: The Elliott School of International Affairs, Lindner Family Commons (Room 602), 1957 E Street NW, Washington, D.C.
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ON DEC. 29, Egyptian security forces and troops launched an unprecedented raid on 17 offices of American and U.S.-funded civil-society groups, including stalwarts of democracy promotion such as the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute and Freedom House.
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As University of Kentucky diplomacy students follow Egypt's attempt to transition from dictatorship to democracy, they can get some behind-the-scenes perspective from one of their teachers.
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Civil society organizations working in Egypt have been raided because of their funding sources and activities in recent days.
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A senior US official met with members of Cambodia’s opposition parties and other government officials on Tuesday to discuss ways forward toward free and fair elections later this year and next.
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Nearly one year after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians are concluding their first free and fair elections in decades in what analysts say is a good sign for a country wracked by poverty, injustice and at risk for religious extremism.
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