On September 21, 2016, the Endowment welcomed its third cohort of Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy Fellows with a panel discussion between Francis Fukuyama and Larry...

Kellen McClure serves as an Anticorruption Advisor in Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL).  He assists in policy coordination for U.S. engagement in a number of international and regional anticorruption bodies, including the G7, G20,...

Abiola Afolayan serves as foreign affairs policy advisor for a senior member of the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC, who is also the first woman Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism,...

On June 16, 2016, the National Endowment for Democracy hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a public conversation with four dynamic young democracy activists. The afternoon included remarks from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senator Dianne...

June 15 event features young activists from Cuba, Sudan, Azerbaijan and JordanFor Immediate Release DATE: June 1, 2016 CONTACT:  Jane Riley Jacobsen, jane@ned.org, 202-378-9700

About the Event His Holiness the Dalai Lama is well known as the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He is less well known as a dedicated advocate for the principles of democracy and for the political reforms he introduced when...

The National Endowment for Democracy is using the Storify platform to showcase the work of some of our partners. Read up on the work of some of NED’s Africa grantees from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Liberia, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of the...

About the Event Africa's Sahel region, a semi-arid band of land stretching from Senegal to Eritrea, has been emerging as a major source of political instability, crime, and terrorism in Africa since the 2012 military coup in Mali. The problems...

[rsvp_button link="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-womens-day-empowering-women-to-counter-violent-extremism-tickets-22462529029"] Featuring:Saba Ismail (Pakistan), Director of Aware Girls,...

About the Event Current events suggest that Angola today faces an economic and political crisis. The global collapse of oil prices, a series of anti-NGO regulations, repressed protests, and the trial of youth activists have deeply affected...