Six years of close collaboration between International IDEA and the Gender Policy Unit at the Superior Tribunal
of Electoral Justice in Paraguay has strengthened women’s leadership and political empowerment, helping
women gain access to popularly elected and decision-making positions.

Tambogrande is a small district in northern Peru that in 2023 began to transform itself thanks to a movement organized by school students. It was part of a project to develop a toolbox for democratic citizenship focusing on developing competencies and capacities through learning by doing in Peru.

With the support of the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and input from more than 100 democracy partners around the world, International IDEA’s Report on the EU’s external democracy action influenced the EU’s thinking about its role in promoting democracy around the world.

International IDEA worked closely with the University of Helsinki’s Rule of Law Centre of Finland, to help Albania’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and CSOs increase the transparency of political finance in the country.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced millions of Ukrainians to flee the country and search for protection across the globe. Once the war is over, Ukraine will need to hold elections for the presidency, the parliament and thousands of local self-government bodies. Organizing these first postwar elections will pose unprecedented challenges.

The EU Delegation to Nepal and International IDEA launched a project on electoral reform to enhance the equal participation of women, youth, Dalits and other marginalized groups in Nepal’s political processes. This comes as Nepal is implementing a federal system that has increased the representation of historically marginalized and excluded groups in state bodies. The institutionalization of the new system faces risks, however, especially from political parties exploiting loopholes in electoral laws. 

The Philippines has an estimated 14–17 million Indigenous People, belonging to 110 ethno-linguistic groups. In the Bangsamoro and Cordillera regions of the Philippines, Indigenous people experience social discrimination, economic marginalization and political disempowerment, which are worsened by the pandemic and an ongoing armed conflict that imperils their land rights.

The Report Climate Change and Democracy: Insights from Asia and the Pacific focuses on the challenges facing and opportunities for regional democracies amid this global environmental crisis. The first publication of its kind, the Report investigates the complex relationship between democratic governance and meaningful climate action and shows how democracy itself can be improved by interventions that mitigate climate change.