10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
The National Endowment for Democracy and USIP hosted a conversation with civil society leaders on the prospects for peace and democracy in the Central African Republic.
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The International Forum for Democratic Studies and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) honored Larry Diamond with NED’s Democracy Service Medal.
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Women activists from Burma, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Thailand shared their plans to promote women’s political participation amid closing civic space in the region and conveyed recommendations on how international stakeholders should engage with backsliding democracies in ASEAN.