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Democracy That Delivers #159: Zahid Jamil on Cybersecurity and Rule of Law

06.04.2019 |

Zahid Jamil has over 20 years of experience a general law practitioner, where he specializes in technology (i.e. e-commerce, e-payments, and privacy), cybercrime and counterterrorism. Jamil has served as a cybercrime and cybersecurity consultant for the Council of Europe, the ITU-American Ba...

World Chambers Congress Rio de Janeiro 2019

05.31.2019

Join CIPE’s experts in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the World Chambers Congress June 12-14. This three day event is the largest international gathering for chambers of commerce and their business members. Comprising an influential thought-leadership conference and a world-class competition to sh...

OPEN INTERNET FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS PROGRAM

05.22.2019

Deadline extended until May 27, 2019! COMPLETE THE APPLICATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM Democracy has always required the free flow of ideas. In the modern age, this means a free, open internet where all citizens can freely voice their opinions, share, and debate. Access to an open...

Democracy That Delivers #156: Alison Taylor from BSR on Stakeholder Engagement

05.14.2019 |

“Good sustainability performance means good financial performance,” says Alison Taylor. Alison Taylor, Managing Director for Sustainability Management at BSR, joins us on Democracy That Delivers to discuss what business for social responsibility is, with CIPE’s Anti-Corruption Governance Cent...

Democracy That Delivers #150: James Reston and the Intersection Between LGBTI+ Laws and Anti-Corruption Initiatives

04.02.2019 |

This week on Democracy That Delivers, host Ken Jaques is joined by CIPE’s Gibson Haynes, and James Reston, a Washington, DC-based researcher, whose work focuses on human rights, corruption, internet freedom, and security. They define some of the risks that the LGBTI+ community face, as wel...

LGBTI+ Rights and Corruption: What’s the Connection?

03.27.2019

This blog originally appeared on CC Trends. Global business leaders can reduce corruption and boost productivity by upholding LGBTI+ rights. Even with rapid progress on LGBTI+ rights in the last decade, 69 countries still criminalize same-sex relations and 155 lack anti-discrimination ...

Democracy That Delivers #149: Jacqueline Musiitwa on Digital Development in East Africa

03.26.2019 |

For International Women’s History Month, Democracy That Delivers will feature podcasts for CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment every week of March. Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, Esq. is an ICT4D expert focused on East African trade and development. Jacqueline most recently ser...

Democracy That Delivers #148: Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Participation in Politics and Business

03.12.2019 |

Women encounter similar struggles in both political organizations and business associations when attempting to enter these heavily male-dominated structures. Sandra Pepera Director for Gender, Women and Democracy at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is an advocate for gender mainstreaming wom...

CIPE Celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month

03.08.2019

Only with the equal participation of women in the economy can a country strengthen both its free market and democratic institutions. Women own close to 10 million of the world’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and SMEs account for nearly 80 percent of jobs around the world. Women hol...

Democracy That Delivers #147: GBV In The World Of Work And Why It Is A Major Barrier To Women’s Economic Empowerment

03.05.2019 |

For International Women’s History Month, Democracy That Delivers will feature podcasts for CIPE’s Center for Women’s Economic Empowerment every week of March. Robin Runge is the senior gender Specialist at Solidarity Center, another core institute of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED...