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The National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit foundation dedicated to the growth and strengthening of democratic institutions around the world.
- Five years after the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan’s democratic institutions have been dismantled, women and girls pushed out of public life, and civic space sharply restricted. Yet Afghans from across society continue to preserve independent information, civic networks, public
- Supporting those seeking freedom around the world is one of America’s most effective national security strategies. In the latest episode of @AtlanticCouncil’s podcast “So What’s the Strategy,” NED President and CEO @DamonMacWilson breaks down how advancing democratic freedoms
- Five years ago, the Taliban seized Kabul and began dismantling lives Afghans had spent years building. Despite great loss, brave Afghans have continued teaching girls in underground classrooms, helping families navigate legal and economic challenges, sustaining independent
- NED is honored to present Ales Bialiatski with a Democracy Service Medal this fall, recognizing his decades of work advancing freedom, human rights, and democracy in Belarus. Bialiatski has endured imprisonment and persecution for standing up to authoritarian rule, documenting

