On International Democracy Day 2022, the Global Democracy Coalition held an event to celebrate democracy activism and democracy defenders of different kinds across varying contexts, and discussed the most effective ways to support them, to advance and protect democracy worldwide, showcasing stories and examples from partner organizations in the Global Democracy Coalition and their democracy defenders grantees/partners. The event aimed to show how the defense of democracy takes different shapes and forms across varying contexts but teased out commonalities and prevalent challenges and strategies to learn from each other. The discussion provided inputs to democracy assistance organizations from the Global Democracy Coalition from the United States, Europe, and Latin America so that they can more effectively support the efforts of different types of democracy defenders and also learn from each other.
