2011 Democracy Award
05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
The 2011 Democracy Awards were accepted by Tunisian activist Jamel Bettaieb and Zahraa Said, sister of murdered businessman Khaled Said, on behalf of all Tunisians and Egyptians who have struggled for a democratic future. William Burns, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, spoke at the ceremony, which as preceded by an experts panel on the continuing struggle for democracy in the Middle East.
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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