New voices on CIPE’s YouTube channel

Two new videos featuring CIPE partners have been added to our YouTube channel. The first one is an interview with Selima Ahmad, President of the Bangladesh Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI). In this interview, she talks about the creation of the Chamber and the importance of its work for empowering Bangladeshi women entrepreneurs and strengthening democratic institutions.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxNrOk6iHmg]

The second video features Marcela Prieto, Executive Director for the Instituto de Ciencia Politica (ICP) in Colombia and editor of Perspectiva Magazine. She talks about the meaning of democracy and its necessary elements beyond elections. She also addresses current challenges to democracy in Latin America and around the world and the link between democratic and market-oriented reforms.

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrdSAtPLtQ0]

You can view this and other CIPE videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/cipeforum

Published Date: July 14, 2008