A vision of hope – the power of international solidarity
Hanne Løvlie, an extraordinary, energetic young Norwegian woman with an implacable sense of social justice, had a dream to improve the lives of women…
Blogs
All Democracy Works people will contribute blogs regularly on their work in a more personal and perhaps more accessible narrative.
These blogs are collected on this page.
Passing on the baton – An intergenerational dialogue by ITI and partners IJR & DWF
It is essential to invest in the youth, our future economic, political and civic leaders. A new initiative aims to ‘Hand over the baton’…
TNI, New Politics partner
Democracy Works Foundation has built a new institutional partnership with the Transnational Institute (TNI), based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to collaborate on designing a ‘New…
How can young people shape SA’s democratic future?
Much hopes and expectations have been placed on South Africa’s youth growing up in our still young democracy. The daily struggle for access to…
Introducing Democracy Works Foundation
Why Democracy Works Foundation? Alarmingly, a question being heard more and more often is whether democracy has failed in Africa. Some have even asked…
Could electoral reform set South Africa straight?
Imagine being a voter having all the relevant information at your disposal required to make an informed decision on candidates running for public office,…
Nigeria’s 2015 Election – a tale of technology, timing and the transfer of power
Nigeria’s elections in 2015 were the fifth round since the transition from military to civilian rule in 1999. Out of the almost 180 million…
Marikana Solidarity visit
Mulder and Mantashe: ‘Whites’ vs ‘Africans’
Christi van der Westhuizen examines the operations of ‘whiteness’ and claims of ‘Africanness’ in recent comments by Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder and ANC…