Côte d’Ivoire: Prospects for Democracy and Reconciliation
04:00 PM - 05:50 PM
Hon. Charles Djrekpo, NDI's Resident Director in Côte d’Ivoire, discussed prospects for democracy and reconciliations in Côte d’Ivoire.
Making Gender Quotas Work: A Case for Doubling the Seats...
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
In her presentation, Dr. Medha Nanivadekar examined the contradiction between an excess of quotas for women at the local level and their deficit at the state and national levels. She argued that equal access to power at the highest levels would not only boost perceptions of women’s political power but would ultimately result in reduced individual vulnerability to gender-based violence and discrimination.
How (Not) to Write an African Constitution: Reflections...
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM
In his presentation, H. Kwasi Prempeh assessed these viewpoints and explained how conventional approaches to constitution-writing in Africa have left in place some of the most problematic features of its authoritarian past.
The 2012 Mexican Elections: A New Test for Democracy
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Dr. Luis Carlos Ugalde, former president of Mexico’s Federal Electoral Commission (IFE) in 2006, put the upcoming 2011 Mexican elections in historical perspective and to offered recommendations on how to strengthen Mexico’s evolving democracy.
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