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Aan wadahadalno waa aan heshiino – Let’s talk

Published on 05-02-2025
Reading time 3 mins
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Facilitating Dialogue in Somaliland “Somaliland or generally Somalis have a culture of dialogue. There is a Somali proverb, Aan wadahadalno waa aan heshiino , literally meaning, let us talk, means let us reconcile our differences. “So, it is part of the Somali culture to talk to each other and have dialogue.” Abdijalil Tahir NIMD Somali/land …

Peace Rooms: Ensuring Stability and Transparency in Mozambique’s Electoral Process 

Published on 05-12-2024
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Mozambique’s recent elections were a critical test for its democracy, marked by both peaceful progress and significant challenges. This East African nation, which endured a civil war from 1977 to 1992, has since struggled with political instability, electoral fraud, and violence. Observers again in the 2024 elections noted the alarming incidents of violence and electoral …

Voices of Resilience: A dialogue for democracy and peace in Myanmar 

Published on 09-10-2024
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NIMD has a long history of promoting dialogue in Myanmar. Our work began in 2014 and, since then, we have worked with political actors from across ethnic and ideological divides, building trust between them and promoting respectful open dialogue.  Of course, with the 2021 coup d’état, Myanmar’s gradual process of democratization stalled. In the country’s …

Supporting Environmental Governance in Central America

Published on 12-09-2024
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Every person in the world has the right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment and to have a voice in the policies that shape their surroundings. These environmental rights are safeguarded by strong environmental governance. And, in democracies, political actors are responsible for ensuring that decisions are made with transparency, fairness, and public …

Interview with Karin Boven, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Uganda

Published on 19-08-2024
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It’s an honor to introduce, Her Excellence, Dr. Karin Boven, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Uganda. Dr. Karin Boven and her team at the Embassy have been instrumental in their support for strengthening collaborative and constructive dialogues, championing inclusive development – especially for Youth and Women. In her, NIMD had a reliable, professional, and dependable …

Bridging divides through openness and respect: A Georgia-Armenia exchange

Published on 04-07-2024
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Aidar Sultanov, NIMD’s Democracy Education Intern, recently joined an exchange trip between neighbouring Democracy Schools: The Armenian Multiparty Democracy Academy and our partner EECMD’s Gori and Telavi Democracy Schools. Below, he shares his experience.   At NIMD, we take great pride in our ability to bring people together across various divides. And our Democracy Academy in …

Deliberative Democracy: Amplifying the voices of young people in Colombia

Published on 02-07-2024
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NIMD has held the first ever nation-wide deliberative democracy project in Colombia, bringing together nearly 500 young people from across the country to exchange their opinions on issues of national interest. By engaging in training and dialogue, the participants – who represented different regions, genders, sexual orientations and ethnic backgrounds – identified 27 proposals for …

Overcoming political differences for a common goal in Sint Eustatius

Published on 24-06-2024
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It was never really for them a plan, or their intention, to enter politics. But it was a culmination of events that led Rechelline Leerdam, and later Raquel Spanner-Carty to be at the epicenter of political life when communication broke down completely between the political leaders of Sint Eustatius. An island nestled between the islands …

Uniting for Peace: The Role of Venezuelan Women in Bridging Divides and Fostering Democracy

Published on 22-05-2024
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Over the past twenty years, Venezuela has been embroiled in a crisis characterized by political polarization, economic hardship, and a humanitarian emergency that has forced over 7 million people to leave the country. This polarization stems primarily from the tension between the sectors of society that support the national socialist and Bolivarian administrations and those …

Empowering Kenyan MPs: NIMD’s Democracy Academy

Published on 17-04-2024
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I want to leave the space I work in better than when I found it. – Irene Mayaka, Nominated Member of the Kenya National Assembly, Participant of the Kenya Democracy Academy   In October 2023, we kicked off the first session of NIMD’s Democracy Academy in Kenya. At its core, NIMD’s Democracy Academy serves as …