Free expression, media responsibility and the roles Twitter and Facebook can play in reinvigorating democratic institutions will be key themes of a 9 October World Forum for Democracy debate.
Former Afghan minister and alternative Nobel prize Winner Sima Samar is joined by Sophie Dimitroulias, Nuzhat Jafri, of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and German UN Women’s Committee representative Karin Nordmeyer, in a wide-ranging discussion on gender equality, women’s rights and Islam.
At the start of the World Forum for Democracy, United Kingdom Youth Parliament member Erin Lynch discusses how to make politics more attractive to young people.
Deborah Glass, Deputy Chair of the United Kingdom’s Independent Police Complaints Commission, believes the country’s experience can help other Council of Europe member states.
In this podcast, the Italian MP affirms that “Russia has nothing to fear from the Assembly” after the furore surrounding the cancelled visit of the speaker of the Russian Duma and discusses how to make politics more attractive in an era of scandals, sleaze and a loss of faith in the political classes.
