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Participatory citizenship

The wide swath of political actions, including those that renegotiate gender through the appropriation of digital space, tend to be "fragments" of micro-power that do not necessarily add up to making a political agora.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 00:00
Reports

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Democracy and development in the Arab world : final technical report, Sep. 15, 2006 – Sep. 15, 2009

Major findings of this cross-country research show that while the traditional “modernity” variables remain important determinants of democracy in the long-run, they fail to explain the persistence of the Arab democracy deficit relative to other co
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Friday, January 2, 2009 - 05:00
Training materials

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Training manual : reporting on war crimes and war crimes trials; the crimes of war project

This important guideline for journalists and others who gather evidence during war, armed conflict and conflict situations, provides: legal standards for documenting abuses during armed conflict; examples of war time journalism; invaluable referen
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2007
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Making Local Governance Work for Women: Exploring New Institutional Possibilities

Digital technologies have the power to transform and to offer developing country women opportunities to advance gender justice and equality.
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Strengthening Women Survivors of Violence in Post-Conflict Transitions in Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar

Data on sexual violence against women and men, both during and after conflicts, shows alarming levels of abuse across the globe.
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Palestinian Refugee Research Policy Papers

IDRC's Expert and Advisory Fund (EASF) aimed to support Canada's role in the multilateral peace process in the Middle East focusing on the issue of Palestinian refugees.
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Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East : Content Analysis of Selected Channels and Programs

Over the past decade, television broadcasting has become central in shaping public attitudes in the Middle East.
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Building Public Pressure for Human Rights through Media Reporting of Rights Violence and Advocacy

Despite the prevalence of human rights and international humanitarian law violations in Afghanistan, the Afghan media has generally not gone beyond reporting broad allegations.
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Democracy and Development in the Arab World

The 2002 Arab Human Development Report identified a fundamental "freedom deficit" in the Arab World evident in the widespread authoritarianism and lack of democracy throughout the region.
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Crossing over the barriers : a historical journey of women's political leadership in the Anglophone Caribbean

The paper looks at political leadership by women and the implications for women in the Anglophone Caribbean by assessing Caribbean women’s progress against the progress of women in selected outliers-Switzerland, Finland and Rwanda.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00