Liz Lewis serves as a Senior Policy Analyst covering Sub-Saharan Africa for Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Prior to joining the Committee in 2019, she managed democracy and governance programs in Africa...

Katie LaRoque has worked in the international development sector for more than ten years, specializing in the field of democracy, governance, and elections. Katie currently serves as InterAction’s Senior Manager for Democracy, Rights, and Governance...

Your Excellency Justice Minister of Sudan, Dr. Nasredeen Abdulbari -  Your Excellency,  Acting Foreign Minister Omer Ismail - 

  about the event Thirty years after the fall of communism and the transition to democracy in Mongolia, fears of potential democratic backsliding in the country have begun to surface, especially in a region where authoritarian influence...

About the event As governments around the world tighten civic space in their countries, citizens are grappling with ways to counter the repression and reassert their human rights. Internal and external threats to individual rights and liberties...

Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff is the Executive Director and co-founder of People Demand Change Inc, a socially responsible aid and development startup focusing on several core issues including monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian aid and development programing;...

Rebekah Usatin is the Senior Director for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning at the National Endowment for Democracy. She has 20 years of experience in evaluation and learning of democracy support programming. Prior to joining NED, Usatin served as an...

About the event In 2015, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was elected by citizens inspired by his assurances to fight corruption, and his government has since taken steps to keep this promise. Initiatives include strengthening anti-corruption...

About the event Riding a strong populist wave and exerting a brand of crisis, Rodrigo Duterte was elected to power in the Philippines in mid-2016. More than a year into his presidency, Duterte's authoritarian tendencies threaten to undo core...

[rsvp_button link = "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-of-roma-in-slovakia-tickets-39622869068"]   About the Event Evaluating Political Participation of Marginalized Groups Since 2003, the National...