Subject: NDI News: #NotTheCost, LGBTI Rights in Serbia, Arabic e-Learning
From: "Jerry Hartz, National Democratic Institute" <[email-masked]>
To: "R. Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:52:57 -0400

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 		NDI Launches #NotTheCost Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women in
Poltiics [3]

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 		March 2016

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On March 17, during the 60th Commission on the Status of Women conference
in New York City, NDI launched the #NOTTHECOST CAMPAIGN [4] to stop
violence against women in politics. Activists from around the world
discussed personal stories of psychological and physical violence they
experienced as a result of their political participation. Despite online
harassment, physical intimidation, and death threats, these brave women
continue to work to better their communities. Mimoza Kusari-Lila, the first
woman mayor of Gjakova, Kosovo, said of the threats she faced: "All these
efforts only make me stronger. I know it might frighten many young women
from entering politics [but] this is a pattern. We have to win the war to
win the peace. You keep throwing stones at me? I will keep paving roads." 

NDI Chairman Madeleine Albright opened the conference. "Freedom is not
possible in any society where women who speak out are brutalized,
intimidated, or silenced," she said. Albright also published an OP-ED [5]
on the topic which appeared in CNN International. Madame Sophie Grégoire
Trudeau, a women's activist and wife of the Prime Minister of Canada,
delivered closing remarks. "Women around the world are raising their voices
and it is helping us foster better democracies," said Trudeau.

 To learn how you can combat violence against women in politics from
Washington to Ouagadougou, DOWNLOAD [6] the #NotTheCost Call to Action
Plan, READ [7] an NDI staffer's reflection on the conference, and WATCH
[8] a video featuring global women's activists who declare that a woman's
life should not be the cost of politics. Join the campaign » [3] 

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An LGBTI Agent for Change Refuses to Give Up on Serbia [9] [9] 

Despite having been attacked and threatened, young LGBTI activist
Dragoslava Barzut refuses to leave Serbia as long as she can be an agent
for change. Her story reflects the experiences of many LGBTI people in
Serbia and the greater Balkan region. "We live in a country that ignores
all of these problems, brushes them under the rug and forces you to keep
your mouth shut," says Bazut, who is working with other activists and NDI's
Ideas Grant to support and protect victims of violence as well as the
broader LGBTI community.
 Read more » [9] 

Facebook and PeaceTech Lab Join NDI at Launch of Arabic-Language e-Learning
Platform [10] [10] 

NDI launched its new Arabic-language e-learning and training platform
TaalamSharek.org, or "learn-engage" in English. The platform represents a
new era in online engagement with and among democracy advocates in the
Middle East and North Africa. The platform allows citizens to build their
civic and political skills on topics such as campaign planning, elections,
citizen participation, governance, and political party development.
 ​Read more » [10] 

Youth Academies Prepare a Generation of Honduran Democratic Leaders [11]
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Since 2011, youth from across Honduras have participated in NDI's Youth
Leadership Academies. Through lectures and practical exercises, promising
young Honduran leaders learned about communication and leadership skills,
negotiation tactics for political discussions, democratic values, use of
information and communication technologies, conflict resolution, human
rights and democratic practices within political institutions. The skills
they learned will help them to become leaders within their organizations
and reinforce democratic institutions in Honduras. Read more » [11] 

With Democracy at Risk in the Balkans, Political Leaders Look in the Mirror
[12] [12] 

In the face of the current refugee influx, the Eurozone crisis, Russian
economic and political influence, and a pre-occupied European Union,
political party leaders from nine Balkan countries came together last month
to examine their collective responsibility to the citizens they serve.
Despite their vast political differences, party leaders left the NDI forum
with the shared need to meet their democratic obligations and improve how
their respective parties are performing. Read more » [12] 

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