Claudia Sheinbaum won the June 2024 election with more than 50 per cent of the vote, becoming Mexico’s first female president. In addition, since the implementation of the ‘Parity in Everything’ law, more than half of Congress is made up of women. This is a milestone in women’s participation, political representation and access to power.
Latin America and the Caribbean has enjoyed success with respect to representation, participation and inclusion. For example, the region has seen improvements in women’s political representation and the successful organization of elections.
In the run-up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, International IDEA’s Regional Europe
Programme spearheaded a public statement titled ‘Call to Defend Democracy: 10 Priorities for the Next European Commission’.
International IDEA’s Regional Europe Programme team helped ensure transparent and ethical
campaigning for the 2024 European Parliament elections.
In 2024 Moldova held a simultaneous presidential election and referendum on EU integration. Given the geopolitical importance of these votes, the country faced growing threats to its electoral integrity from digital disinformation and unregulated online campaign financing. In response, International IDEA partnered with Moldova’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) to track online campaign expenditures and identify illicit campaigns.
Millions of people have been displaced since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Committed to strengthening effective democratic institutions and honing best practices, International
IDEA was honoured to host a seven-member parliamentary delegation from Bhutan, led by Hon.
Sangay Khandu, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, in Australia in October. The purpose of the trip was for the delegation to learn from Australian legislatures’ public awareness programmes, youth engagement strategies and visitor management practices.
Following the coup that took place in Myanmar in 2021, the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)—the country’s legitimate interim parliament—used peer-to-peer exchanges and outreach with parliaments to raise awareness of Myanmar’s crisis in multilateral and regional forums.
International IDEA organized two round tables on Indigenous inclusion that provided a venue for insightful dialogue about inclusion and representation.
The Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions took power during the coup d’état that took place in Gabon in 2023. In 2024 the transitional authorities in Gabon consulted International IDEA for advice on how to shape the country’s political transitional process.
