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Women's leadership

Advancing Women's Political Leadership: Leave No One Behind

Women’s empowerment and gender-related barriers are on the agenda of several global and regional organizations. This article focuses on the role of International IDEA as a global organization in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG) in order to achieve gender equality and empowerment for all women and girls, and presents some of the gender-responsive initiatives implemented by International IDEA in undertaking its mandate to support democracy worldwideand contribute to the achievement of SDG 5.

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Liberalizing trade is the answer to COVID-19

Keeping trade open would have avoided food shortage and unemployment.

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Why women empowerment is crucial in Southeast & East Asia

In many areas, women have shown that they can conquer obstacles and break stereotypes.

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New Tools for Supporting Urban Policy: Open Data Platforms and Urban Dashboards

Since 2007, more than half of the world’s population has lived in cities. In a world where the urbanization rate is constantly growing, so are the problems of city life, which increase in both number and diversity. In parallel, our means for coping with these problems and crises are also diversifying. One such method is data-based strategy development. The accelerated increase, especially in the recent period, in the amount, variety and speed of data sources on cities has been a significant driver of data-based strategy development.

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How Thailand's civil society is fighting digitally against COVID-19

Creative solutions from civil society are urgently needed. Thais are stepping up.

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COVID-19 Analysis

The analysis seeks to present to authorities on different levels of government the economic situation, overall projections outlook and specific measures aimed at mitigating the negative effects of the pandemic for the economy. It should help decision-makers better understand the potential problems we face as an economy and society while the proposed measures and tips should help them formulate their own solutions.

Prof. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF)

Globalization is not the Problem, it’s the Solution!

In times of the corona crisis, we should call for more political, economic and scientific cooperation.  Find out the analysis of Prof. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairman of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF). This op-ed was first published in German on March 31 at Zeit Online and is accessible here.

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Dont let economic stability be a pay off in social distancing

On March 31, 2020, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Directive No. 16/CT-TTg, which mandates strict social distancing throughout the country for 15 days, only factories, production facilities and  business related to essential goods and services are allowed to open.

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The War in Ukraine – Forgotten, but not Cold

Europe is at war. This is often overlooked in view of the Corona pandemic and a recently renewed refugee crisis on the Greek-Turkish border. However, in eastern Ukraine, soldiers are still dying every week in an armed conflict that should have been resolved five years ago. Our Ukraine expert Beate Apelt and security expert Sebastian Vagt report on the Ukraine conflict, analyzing possible future scenarios.

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In the fight against coronavirus, Asia's governments adopt emergency laws

The new coronavirus is spreading in Southeast Asia. As public life stands still, governments expand their powers.

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