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Couverture médiatique de la COVID-19 en Afrique de l'Ouest : s'adapter et se réinventer

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Voices & Views

Plus d'un an après son déclenchement, la pandémie de coronavirus continue de préoccuper la communauté internationale. Les journalistes et les médias ont été au cœur de cette pandémie pour informer leurs différents publics. Entre...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Democracy
Health

Media coverage of COVID-19 in West Africa: adapting and reinventing

Article
Voices & Views

Over a year after its outbreak, the coronavirus pandemic continues to concern the international community. The media have been at the heart of this pandemic – informing their different audiences. Between the risk of exposure to...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Senegal
Democracy
Health
The Basic Education Quality and Access Programme (BEQUAL), Lao PDR

Revitalising education for the COVID-19 generation

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Voices & Views

Quality education plays an essential role in developing sustainable, equitable and resilient societies. More than being an objective in itself, education is also an enabler of equity, green communities, digital transformation...

Worldwide
Africa
Asia
Democracy
Education
Justice & rule of law
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How to empower female politicians: The case of Morocco

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Voices & Views

Political participation and representation of women in Morocco is on the rise. Women’s mobilisation, institutional changes and policy reforms have led to a more inclusive political environment in the past 20 years. However...

Africa
Morocco
Democracy
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
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Women's empowerment

Lessons From Implementing the Civil Society Fund in Ethiopia

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Voices & Views

Over the past six years an EC supported Civil Society Fund in Ethiopia has managed to implement projects that concern potentially sensitive elements - democracy, the rule of law, the respect for human dignity, fundamental freedoms...

Africa
Ethiopia
Civil Society
Democracy

Elections Bring Stability and Era of Renewed Cooperation

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Voices & Views

Guinea recently emerged from decades of authoritarian government and a period of instability to hold, with strong support from the international community, the country’s first ever credible polls heralding a new beginning for one...

Africa
Guinea
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Democracy
+4
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Governance & Corruption
Knowledge Management
Learning

Elections and Violence: Learning Lessons from Recent African Polls

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Voices & Views

In Africa, many recent polls have been marred by mismanagement and even violence. Electoral experts at a recent Brussels event said there are many valuable lessons to be learned from such polls to improve electoral support, which...

Africa
Democracy

EU-Funded Project "Walks with Communities" towards Democracy in Malawi

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Voices & Views

Having managed to slip away briefly from her household chores, Joyce Mtenje sits at a wooden desk in a district resource centre in Malawi, flipping through the pages of “The Nation” newspaper. She's taking advantage of an EU...

Africa
Malawi
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Civil Society
+5
Democracy
Education
Gender
Knowledge Management
Learning

EuropeAid: Third Regional Workshop on Democratic Governance

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Voices & Views

The regional workshops provide an occasion for colleagues working on democratic governance to meet and exchange experiences and ideas. This year, key topics included presentations and discussions on:

Africa
Rwanda
Development Effectiveness
Democracy
Governance & Corruption
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Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation