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Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project   Supporting emerging democracies and transitioning states is one of the Community of Democracy’s main priorities. This objective has already been put into action in two key programs: the LEND Network and the Democracy Partnership. Several fundamental practices for supporting democratic transition are being realized in these programs: Democracy is the only legitimate form of governance […]

Nominations for the 2016 Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel Innovation Awards are NOW OPEN!    The 2016 Nelson Mandela – Graça Machel Innovation Awards is celebrating the 11th year of awarding civil society activists and organisations for their excellence, innovation, and brave risk-taking. Nominations are now open for Youth Activists, Individual Activists, Civil Society Organisations, and for the […]

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Migrant Workers Convention and the 40th year of the ILO Convention 143 on migrant workers across the world. STEP IT UP: Dignity, Rights, Development is the global campaign launched by the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) network and its affiliated civil society organizations, trade unions, the Committee on […]

To download the full text of the outcome statement, click HERE.   “A PEOPLE-CENTERED ASEAN COMMUNITY: MAKING IT HAPPEN”   ACSC/APF 2015 CONFERENCE OUTCOME STATEMENT   17 – 19 November 2015, Kuala Lumpur   1.   While the focus in the region is on the upcoming 27th ASEAN Summit between the ASEAN heads of states and the global dialogue […]

A Call for Democratic Renewal   Statement released by the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy November, 2015   Democracy is being challenged today as never before since the end of the Cold War. The challenge is not the result of a particular crisis or democratic breakdown but has multiple sources. It is […]

  —————————————————————- The Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Democratic Governance in Myanmar- Burma is a solidarity page that seeks to promote exchanges of ideas and support for women ( and men) working for peace, human security and democratic governance in Myanmar as well as other countries in conflict/post-conflict and in democratic transition. It is a […]

ADN Statement on Myanmar’s National Election of November 8, 2015   November 19, 2015   The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) congratulates the people of Myanmar for their enthusiastic and peaceful participation in the historic national elections that took place on November 8, 2015. This general election was the first multi-party elections in 25 years since […]

ADN welcomes the adoption of the new constitution and concerns over the political and humanitarian crisis in Nepal November 18, 2015   The Asia Democracy Network (ADN) welcomes the promulgation of the constitution by the Constituent Assembly of Nepal on September 20, 2015. We congratulate the people of Nepal in collaborating through a democratic process […]