LATINNO
Innovations for Democracy in Latin America
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Currently @ LATINNO This month, we've continued to update our democratic innovations' database with the latest forms of political experimentation implemented in Latin America. In this newsletter, we'd like to share with you some of the different participatory innovations created with the aim of deliberating and implementing sports and cultural policies: collaboratively mapping and identifying cultural initiatives, implementing artistic interventions as a way of vindicating the right to the city, and using digital tools to protect Latin America's intangible cultural heritage. LATINNO @ International Congress ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO On the occasion of International Women's Day 2018, we dedicate this monthly newsletter to the different participatory innovations aimed at increasing the political inclusion of women in the formulation, implementation, and/or evaluation of public policies in Latin America. Across the region, governments, civil society organizations, private stakeholders, and the international community have joined efforts with the aim of raising awareness regarding violence against women, the gender gap, the exclusion of indigenous and Afro-descendent women from political processes, and the violation of sexual ...
Read moreCurrently @ LATINNO February's newsletter will be dedicated to the different participatory innovations implemented by the civil society in order to increase accountability through the dissemination of public information regarding public authorities and the active engagement of citizens in the political process. This month, the contributions put forward by the project's database were shared with students, academics, and practitioners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by LATINNO's founder and coordinator, Thamy Pogrebinschi. She discussed the transition from single case-studies to large-scale comparative research ...
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