Meet our Democratic Governance Initiatives grant recipients
DWF coordinates regional dialogue and advocacy activities for the Charter Project Africa in South Africa and also supports grantees in Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania…
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The Climate Change Champions Workshop on Building Partnerships and Climate Change Action
The Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) team is pleased to announce hosting the Climate Change Champions Workshop on “Building Partnerships for Resource Mobilisation & Community-based…
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues on Consolidating Good Governance and Democracy Using Civic Technology
Democracy Works Foundation (DWF), through the Charter Project Africa, is set to host multi-stakeholder national dialogues in four countries within the Southern African Development…
Policy Brief 44: Civil Society, Citizens and Consumer Activism Crucial to Increase State-Owned Company Performance
Ordinary citizens, consumers, and civil society must play more active roles as shareholders of state-owned enterprises than is currently the case, as activist shareholders…
Civic Tech Fund Opens calls for Expression for South Africa
Context Like other African states, South Africa is facing several challenges in respect of democratic culture and democratic consolidation. The collapse of ethical leadership…
Zambia Calls for Expression for the Civic Tech Fund
About the Civic Tech Fund The Charter Project Africa is a pan-African project that focuses on the commitments contained in the African Charter…
Why stakeholder collaborations are critical in establishing climate change interventions
The South African Presidential Climate Change Commission’s draft document on a “Just Transition Framework for Stakeholder engagement”- is open for comment until the 29th…
Policy Brief 42: Role of Legal Civil Society Organisations in Combatting Corruption
South Africa’s legal profession – both public and private, certain law firms and some judiciary members have been key enablers in state capture, and…
A Guide to the African Charter on Democracy Elections and Governance
The construction of democracies that work underpinned by good governance, respect for human rights, the protection of civil and political freedoms, and respect for…
Policy Brief 41: The War Against Democracy
There is an undeclared global war – the equivalent of a Cold War, between autocratic countries and those that are democratic, and within countries…