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Top Stories · Afghan grantee Sakeena Yacoobi profiled in Forbes. more· Grantee, Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai died in Kenya. more
· Cuban dissidents assaulted by state security forces. more
· Filali-Ansary to give Lipset Lecture on Arab Revolutions. more |
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Democracy Spotlight
 Afghan Institute of Learning Expands its Impact since 9/11 Founded in 1995, NED grantee Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) reaches 350,000 women and children annually through its 42 program sites, including four health clinics and 38 education learning centers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Of the 400 Afghans that AIL employs, over 70% are women. Founder Dr. Sakena Yacoobi was profiled by Forbes magazine. more |
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News & Events
 Kenya
Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and founder of past NED grantee Greenbelt Movement, died last month at the age of 71. more
Cuba
Cuban dissidents, including a NED Democracy Award recipient, were brutally assaulted by government security agents during a peaceful protest in Havana. more
Lipset Lecture
Dr. Abdou Filali-Ansari will speak on "The Arab Revolutions: Democracy and Historical Consciousness" for the Eighth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World.
The Lecture will be held October 23, 2011, at the Embassy of Canada. Filali-Ansari is a professor at Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation. more
Journal of Democracy preview
Comparing Arab Revolts, by NED Vice President Marc F. Plattner. more
 New York Democracy Forum
Presidents Tsakhia Elbegdorj of Mongolia and Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan addressed the New York Democracy Forum. more
U.N. General Assembly
NED Vice President David Lowe wrote about the "We Have a Dream" Forum held during the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, which featured survivors of torture and former political prisoners. more
Liberia, Nigeria
NED grantee Center for Media Studies and Peace-Building and past grantee Media Rights Agenda were honored with the first Pan African Conference on Access to Information Award. more
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire's President Ouattara discussed his efforts to rebuild the economy and foster national reconciliation during a Washington briefing cosponsored by NED. more
Nepal
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy honored the late Suvash Darnal, a Nepalese democracy activist and NED grantee who was killed in a tragic car accident this summer. more
NED held a memorial symposium in Darnal's honor on Sept. 14 entitled, "Securing Dalit Rights and Building Democracy in Nepal." Video is available online. more
NED supported a successful conference in Estonia that brought together over 50 Uyghur women from 10 countries to learn about women's role in promoting human rights and democracy. more
Taiwan
"Democracy in East Asia and Taiwan in Global Perspective" was the topic of a major conference cosponsored by NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies. Papers are available online. more
 Belarus
NED and CSIS convened a panel on "Belarus' Political Prospects" in honor of the democracy scholar Vitali Silitsky, who passed away at the age of 38. more
New CIMA Report
News on the Go: How Mobile Devices are Changing the World's Information Ecosystem. more
 WYMD DemocracyPhoto Contest
The World Youth Movement for Democracy (WYMD) announced its First Annual Photography Contest, with the theme, "Youth in Action: A Snapshot of Democracy." Deadline is Nov. 1, 2011. more
Reagan-Fascell Applications Open
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program will accept applications for 2012-2013 fellowships until Nov. 1, 2011. more
The Program welcomes its Fall 2011 Fellows this month. more
Upcoming Events
Oct. 6, 2011, 2:00-4:00pm: Challenges for Independent Media in Post-Gaddafi Libya, a CIMA panel at NED, moderated by Amira Maaty. more
Oct. 26, 2011, 6:00pm: "The Arab Revolutions: Democracy and Historical Consciousness" will be The Eighth Annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World, at the Embassy of Canada, featuring Dr. Abdou Filali-Ansari, professor at Aga Khan University's Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisation. more
Dec. 1, 2011, 6:00-8:00pm: New York Democracy Forum Lecture: The U.S. and Pakistan, at the Asia Society, 725 Park Ave., New York, NY, featuring Amb. Husain Haqqani, Pakistan Ambassador to the U.S. more
Videos of most recent events are available online. more
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