06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Sponsored by: International Forum for Democratic Studies,
The Embassy of Canada and The National Endowment for Democracy invite you to the twelfth annual Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture on Democracy in the World featuring Andrew J. Nathan.
05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
The Man Who Mends Women is the moving story of Dr. Denis Mukwege and his work at the landmark Panzi Hospital in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Winner of the Sakharov Prize 2014, Doctor Mukwege is internationally known as the man who not only repairs the bodies of tens thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but works to restore their lives and address the root causes of violence in DRC.
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Sponsored by: International Forum for Democratic Studies
The authors of a new report produced by the International Forum for Democratic Studies, “Stifling the Public Sphere: Media and Civil Society in Egypt, Russia, and Vietnam,” will discuss the current environment for media and civil society in these three key countries and will explore how independent voices are adapting to resist authoritarian repression.
