Halima – Kenya
Halima Bakari, community organiser and human rights activist in Kenya, shares her story and talks about the work she does…
Geographical Coverage: Kenya
Walk the Talk – SIDPAK Report
The Walk the Talk report assesses the extent to which the legal framework governing Kenya’s political parties supports the inclusion…
Defying expectations, she raises her voice
Article about Halima, the 24-year-old businesswoman who coordinates the Al Qamar Justice Centre in Nairobi which tackles gender-based violence, police…
Learning from COVID: Gender, Corruption, and Small-Scale Cross-Border Trade in East Africa
This GI-ACE project, led by Jacqueline Klopp, explores how COVID-19 has impacted small-scale traders in East Africa and the resiliency…
ROUNDTABLE | Kenya Post-Election 2022 Review
The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD-Kenya), with the support of the United Nations Democracy Fund…
Citizen Participation in Local Governance in Africa
Local governance comprises a set of institutions, mechanisms and processes through which citizens and their groups can articulate their interests…
Walk the Talk: A critical analysis of the legal framework on the inclusion of SIGs
The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD), the Oslo Center, the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD), MZALENDO, and…
Learning from success: The implementation of election observation recommendations in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines the implementation of recommendations made by several leading international observers in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana,…
Understanding and Assessing Electoral Commission Independence
This framework clarifys what electoral commission independence is and offers a framework for election observers, civil society groups, parties, journalists,…
Anti-corruption and gender: the role of women’s political participation
This policy brief shows that while much remains to be explored, there are clear links between anti-corruption and women’s political…