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Jun 18, 2013
Youth Activists to Receive 2013 Democracy Award
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED)’s 2013 Democracy Award will highlight the important role that youth are playing in advancing democracy in the world today :: MORE
Jun 17, 2013
NED Urges Kerry to Raise the Case of Le Quoc Quan
The National Endowment for Democracy and the World Movement for Democracy have joined more than a dozen leading human rights organizations in signing a letter urging U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to address the upcoming trial of prominent Vietnamese activist Le Quoc Quan at the ASEAN conference later this month. :: MORE
Jun 17, 2013
On Al Jazeera's The Stream, NED's Ivana Cvetkovic Bajrovic on Bosnia's "Baby Revolution"
NED's Ivana Cvetkovic Bajrovic talks about social media and Bosnia's baby protests on Al Jazeera's The Stream. :: MORE
Jun 12, 2013
Progress in Pakistan: Report from the 2013 Elections
Brian Joseph, the Endowment’s Senior Director for Asia and Global Programs, participated in an international election observation mission to Pakistan for the country’s May 11, 2013, general elections. Many NED grantees were also working to ensure accountability in this highly charged and politically volatile country. :: MORE
Jun 10, 2013
In the Huffington Post, NED's John Knaus writes on Burmese Activist Min Ko Naing
John Knaus, NED Senior Program Officer for Asia, writes on Burmese Activist and recent NED honoree Min Ko Naing on the Huffington Post Blog. :: MORE
Jun 10, 2013
The Washington Post on recent NED honoree Min Ko Naing
Burmese activist and NED Democracy Award winner Min Ko Naing is the subject of a recent Washington Post editorial. :: MORE
Jun 3, 2013
New Report: Democracy Think Tanks in Action
The National Endowment for Democracy’s (NED) International Forum for Democratic Studies has published a new report, Democracy Think Tanks in Action: Translating Research into Policy in Young and Emerging Democracies. The report examines how leading democracy think tanks are finding ways to make a meaningful impact in their countries. :: MORE
May 31, 2013
Pakistan Grantee Fields All-Female Election Observer Team
Aware Girls, a Peshawar-based NED grantee that was co-founded by sisters Saba and Gulalai Ismail, fielded Pakistan’s first-ever election observation team composed entirely of young women. Their work was profiled in the Washington Post and the Guardian (UK). :: MORE
May 31, 2013
NED Responds to NGO Monitor Report
The National Endowment for Democracy has issued a detailed response to a recent report by NGO Monitor, which was critical of NED’s grant making in the West Bank and Gaza. The NED response corrects several significant errors by NGO Monitor and reaffirms the Endowment’s policy of zero tolerance for hate speech and bigotry directed at ethnic and religious minorities :: MORE
May 24, 2013
NED mourns the loss of Board Member Larry Liebenow
It was with great sadness that NED learned of the sudden death of Larry Liebenow from a stroke on May 21st. Liebenow served as a member of NED’s Board of Directors since 2005 and was chairman of the board’s Budget and Audit Committee. :: MORE


