A reflection meeting on the role of Technical Reference Groups in Lesotho
Introduction Access to clean and sustainable water and energy resources is instrumental in all the efforts to alleviate poverty for the region’s population. In…
Strengthening Institutions
Democracy Works Foundation seeks to strengthen democratic developmental states we focus on the following institutions:
- The Executive: enhancing capacity for effective democratic governance
- The Legislature: strengthening oversight capacity
- Civil Society: building capacity for service delivery support, oversight and its watch-dog function
- Political Parties: enhancing internal party democracy and democratic leadership for a New Politic
- Extra-parliamentary Institutions – also known as Chapter 9 institutions in South Africa: assisting their capacity to fulfill their respective mandates.
Current Projects
The Southern African Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme →
Putting Women and Youth at the Center of Economic Governance →
Past Projects
The Civil Society Participation in Provincial Legislatures (CSPPL) Programme →
DWF hosting a Regional Symposium on Water and Energy in Johannesburg
Southern Africa is a region with great potential. The region, however, faces a number of critical challenges- among them, serious water and energy challenges…
Training workshop preparing political parties for effective participation in elections
In Lesotho, Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in mid-October 2022. This will be yet another important milestone in the democratic development of…
Regional Dialogue on Digital Technology Political Parties and Elections
Political parties are considered the pillars of contemporary representative democracy. This is true as representative democracy requires intermediary actors between state and society and…
Democracy Works Foundation and the International Republican Institute Partner
In building political parties capacities to develop evidence-based policies that are responsive to People’s needs and aspirations” in Southern Africa. Political parties are institutions…
Include women in solving our regional problems
The 8th of March is globally marked as International Women’s Day. To honour the women’s movement and struggle for equality, the theme for 2022…
Reflections on Political Parties’ participation in the August 2021 Zambia General Elections
Sustainable democracy is inconceivable without political parties. Multiparty democracy is dependent on the existence of well-functioning political parties, a conducive electoral environment and rules…
DWF-ZAMBIA Supports the Zambian General Elections in the time of Covid19
In less than 24-hours, the people of Zambia will be heading to the polls. To decide the future of the young and old, at…
Press Release: Zambian Women and Youth Movements present Manifestos to August 2021 Elections Presidential Candidates
As political parties and candidates step up their election campaigns to canvas votes, this week Zambian Women and Youth Movements launched and presented their…
Zambia Youth and Women Manifesto
Within the framework of the Southern Africa Political Parties and Dialogue (SAPP&D) Programme, Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) in Zambia in partnership with the Zambia…