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DemocracyNews                     June 2013  Follow Us! Quick Links Our Website DemocracyAlerts Civic Space Initiative Defending Civil Society Latin America and Caribbean Democracy Network World Youth Movement for Democracy Watch Girl Child Online   The Civic Space Initiative's first video featuring Glanis Changachirere is available online! POSTING NEWS: We welcome items to consider for DemocracyNews. Send an email message to world@ned.org with the item you would like to post in the body of the message. Watch Girl Child Online Now! The World Movement for Democracy is delighted to announce the release of a new video produced as part of the Civic Space Initiative. Girl Child tells the story of Glanis Changachirere - a Zimbabwean women's rights activist who successfully overcame intense political and economic obstacles to help young women in her small village "create a life of their own choosing." We hope you watch this short inspirational video and share it with your networks! Glanis made an opening presentation at our Seventh Assembly last October, and Girl Child provides a wonderful example of how a democracy activist can make a difference.   DemocracyAlert: Vietnamese Human Rights Defender to go on Trial   On June 17, 2013, the World Movement for Democracy joined a broad coalition of NGOs in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to pressure the Vietnamese government to free human rights defender Le Quoc Quan. The World Movement issued a previous alert following his arrest in December for "tax evasion." NGOs following the case believe that Mr. Quan has been arbitrarily detained due to his human rights work. The coalition has also sent a Letter of Allegation to UN Special Rapporteurs, requesting that they "investigate and intervene in his unlawful arrest and detention," and to "declare continuing detention of Mr. Quan a violation of his human rights." His trial is set for July 9, 2013. Read the full alert. LGBT Rights Dropped in new Peruvian National Human Rights Plan The Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL) recently held a press conference in protest of omission of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights in the new Peruvian National Human Rights Plan. According to MHOL, articles that would protect individuals from discrimination and from being victims of crimes related to sexual orientation or gender were removed from the draft of the Human Rights Plan because they were considered "controversial." In response, MHOL issued letters to the United Nations, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, and the European Parliament accusing the government of Peru of discrimination against LGBT citizens.    The World Movement presented one of its Democracy Courage Tributes to the Advocates for the Rights of Sexual Minorities Worldwide at its Seventh Assembly, held in Peru in October 2012. The representative of MHOL, Ms. Veronica Ferrari, accepted the Tributes on behalf of the global LGBT rights movement. Read More. (in Spanish)   National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders-Uganda Earlier this month, World Movement participating organization, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, launched the National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders-Uganda. Over 50 grassroots human rights defenders (HRD) joined in the formation of this nation-wide coalition, which will facilitate information and resource sharing among HRDs. Human Rights Network Uganda will serve as the coalition's secretariat. Read More.   Will Youth be a Game-Changer in Zimbabwe? World Movement participating organization, Voting 4 Zimbabwe, recently published an editorial about the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe. The post urges youth to participate in great numbers, since they will have a great opportunity to have their voices heard and have youth issues included in the political agenda. Read more. Call for Applications: Diploma in Development Leadership The Coady International Institute is currently accepting applications for its five-month diploma program, as well as for a number of certificate programs in specific local development fields. The programs are designed to build the capacity of development leaders. Full and partial scholarships are available. Check the website for specific program dates. Read More.   DemocracyNews (www.wmd.org/news) is an electronic mailing list moderated by the Secretariat of the World Movement for Democracy (www.wmd.org) at the National Endowment for Democracy. The material presented in DemocracyNews is intended for information purposes only.

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