Sandwich Strategies Explained: Expanding Citizen Action
Policy reformers often make bold promises to improve government responsiveness to citizen demands. Such proclamations often fall short, get diverted,…
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Fighting Fake News: How mis-and Disinformation legislation is weaponized against journalists
In the aftermath of Russia’s deadly attack in Mariupol, Ukraine, that left nearly 600 civilians dead, journalist Maria Ponomarenko found…
Launch of the regional platform to fast-track the implementation of the UNCAC in the Caribbean
From the 9th to the 11th of October, the UNCAC Coalition’s Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Iñaki…
Russian revanchism can and must be defeated in Ukraine
The Ukraine war is only the first phase of a broader conflict between Western democracies and an emerging axis comprising…
Recapturing the Narrative in Egypt
In a moment of euphoria on March 17, the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate elected independent journalist Khaled El-Balshy chairman of the…
20 years of UNCAC – how civil society participates in UNCAC implementation reviews
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the UNCAC, the only comprehensive, global, legally-binding anti-corruption…
World becoming flatter for authoritarian regimes
In the present era of globalization, major authoritarian powers have nestled themselves in the slipstream of global informational, technological, and…
The precarity of Independent Public Interest Media: An Urgent Global Threat
This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression…
New civil society report on Burundi: new anti-corruption strategy lacks implementation and political backing
A recent report authored by the The Anti-corruption and Economic Malpractice Observatory (Observatoire de Lutte contre la Corruption et les…
Contextualizing Social and Behavioral Science: A Case Study in Liberia
As part of its inclusive development strategy, Democracy International (DI) works closely with its partners in EDA to develop a…