What does democracy look like worldwide in 2023?
We always like to draw attention in our newsletters to reports analysing the state of democracy, as the current global situation in 2023 was complex, volatile and unequal. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organisation that promotes democracy worldwide and publishes an annual status report. The 2023 report finds that democracy has continued to decline in all regions of the world, with at least one indicator of democratic performance declining in half of the countries covered in the report (www.idea.int/gsod/2023/chapters/executive-summary/). more
Empowering girls and young women for a more democratic world
Dr Gelly Aroni, co-leader of the four-year Living Democracy campaign, gives here a personal impression she had meeting two engaged young women working for young people and their life in a democracy. “I met these young women when the implementation of CORE started in Greece in the summer of 2022. The CORE project aims to disseminate the digital teaching tool CORE to promote life skills in Greece. more
Gender equality is no coincidence
Our Serbian colleague, Professor Svetlana Lazić from Novi Sad, has sent us an exciting report on the National Gender Equality Day, which she organised together with the Association for Women in Science. The aim was to promote interest in the natural sciences and humanities among young people. At the beginning, the President of the Association, Professor Sanja Podunavac-Kuzmanović, introduced all participants to this important day for all women in Serbia and explained the educational workshop more
