November 2019 - Global Foundation for Democracy and Development

Monthly Archives: November 2019

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development welcomed Paulo Abrao, Executive Secretary for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (IACHR/OAS), for a segment of GFDD’s Global Roundtables series of videos and interviews
Angie Martinez, GFDD contributor, began the interview with a brief background of Abrao’s many achievements and asked what the IACHR’s process looks like for an individual citizen who wants to file a human rights violation complain. Abrao went over the 3 mandates that guide the IACHR; the individual petition system, monitoring of the human rights […]

Paulo Abrao
Executive Secretary for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (IACHR/OAS)

Learning about Prison Reform in the Dominican Republic and the SDGs
On Tuesday, December 10th 2019, Jennifer Peirce, PhD Candidate in Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center in New York City and GFDD Research Fellow, will present her work on “Prison Reform in the Dominican Republic and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. This is a GFDD initiative under its Fellows Program, […]

GFDD Co-Hosts Discussion on “Social Good: Having an Impact Locally & Globally”
Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD), together with Global Family, General Assembly of Partners, Habitat Civil Society Working Group, Huairou Commission, NGO Major Group Urban Cluster, Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, Humanitarian Focus Foundation, Youth for a Better World/MMUN/Youth Impact Forum, Salvation Army, International Social Justice Commission, Global Family for Love & Peace, WFUWO, ICW, […]

Book Launch “In Defense of the Constitution: Reflections for History” by Leonel Fernández
In the event for “In Defense of the Constitution: Reflections for history”, the former head of state manifested that in order to achieve prosperity, there have to be democratic rules of play in which politicians and the governed are attached and committed to the law. SANTO DOMINGO.- The former President of the Dominican Republic and […]

DREFF 2019 concludes with an encouraging message to the Dominican youth
Santo Domingo – The seventh edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival ended yesterday with an encouraging message to the Dominican youth: a message of commitment to the environment and a vision of a more harmonious planet under the care of everyone. A total of nine academic institutions of the Dominican Republic assembled hundreds of […]

Hundreds of young people of all ages show enthusiasm, knowledge and environmental consciousness in the seventh edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival
Santo Domingo – The last four films of DREFF 2019 were screened at Santo Domingo and Santiago, concluding this edition in 3 cities and 9 venues in the Dominican Republic were hundreds of young people of all ages have shown grand knowledge and awareness of environmental threats as well as the available solutions to tackle climate […]

Cacú: un cambio por la vida and Chasing the Snot Whales of Samaná, and their director, Marvin Del Cid, were the protagonists today at DREFF
Santo Domingo – The third day of DREFF 2019 concludes with Dominican flair and was filled with great and educative discussions, excellent films and fun shorts for the children. Cacú: un cambio por la vida and Chasing the Snot Whales of Samaná, and their director Marvin del Cid, a Guatemalan living in the Dominican Republic, […]

Victoria Sloan Jordan: “This movie could not be a traditional documentary, based on data and interviews, because director Chris Jordan and I are artists. He is a photographer and I m a poet; we had to do something that reached the human condition.”
UNIBE welcomes the projection of Albatross and the presence of its producer in the second day of DREFF filled with prominent and award-winning international productions Santo Domingo – The second day of DREFF 2019 concluded tonight at the Pontifica Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in Santo Domingo with the screening of Sea of Shadows after […]

The Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival’s seventh edition premiered today with 9 screenings in 3 cities and 6 venues
Santo Domingo – Under the theme “Passion for our planet”, a new edition of the Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival began today. A total of 12 screenings from 6 countries- Colombia, Argentina, Belgium, U.S.A., Mexico and the Dominican Republic- will be shown over the next 4 days in 9 venues around the country in association with […]