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Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa – trends, best practices, challenges and threats
There is no single model of democracy. Across the world, people’s aspirations for free and transparent governance are expressed in a multitude...Read More
Elena Zhemkova to deliver 2022 Kofi Annan Geneva Peace Address on 3 November 2022
The Kofi Annan Foundation, the Geneva Graduate Institute and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform are pleased to announce the second edition of the...Read More
EVENT | Towards Ethics-driven Digital Peacebuilding: How to Promote the Good Use of Technologies Beyond “Do No Harm”?
The use of digital technologies for peacebuilding and conflict prevention is increasingly normalized. This is visible in the many international initiatives attempting...Read More
Empowering Women, Empowering Communities: Introducing Lakshwin Murugamoorthy and Women Of Will
On 22 December 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution 47/196, declaring 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of...Read More
EVENT | Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends, Opportunities, Challenges & Threats
It is time for a fresh and frank conversation on democracy. Join us on Monday, 24 October 2022, as experts from United Nations member...Read More
Global Summit for Electoral Democracy: What needs to be done to protect the future of our democracies?
Democracy is in retreat and has been so globally since 2006. According to the latest Democracy Report (by the V-Dem Institute of...Read More
The Inaugural Kofi Annan Lecture delivered by Hon. Mia Amor Mottley
“Trust and inclusion are indivisible… We need a New Internationalism, a truly inclusive United Nations and international system.” – Mia Mottley On...Read More
Women in Innovation Fund: Closing the health gap by supporting women entrepreneurs
The Kofi Annan Foundation is proud to announce our partnership with the Health Innovation and Investment Exchange and Reckitt to establish the...Read More
One young changemakers’ vision to transform lawbreakers into peacemakers
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The day, officially recognized in 2001 by...Read More
Coalition for democratic reform in West Africa takes shape in Dakar
On 6 and 7 September 2022, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),...Read More
