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Parliamentary Oversight of Constitutional Bodies

Parliamentary Oversight of Constitutional Bodies in the Maldives explores how parliamentary tools and mechanisms can be effectively tailored to provide the appropriate level of oversight. The paper has recommendations and lessons that are broadly applicable outside the Maldivian context.

December 07, 2020

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Timor-Leste Parliamentary Elections, July 2017: Disability Access Monitoring

For Timor-Leste's 2017 presidential and parliamentary elections, IFES supported local disabled people’s organization Ra’es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO) to conduct disability access monitoring. For the parliamentary elections, RHTO deployed access monitors in every municipality and deployed monitors in the capital city for the presidential election. RHTO detailed their observations in the report, "Timor-Leste Parliamentary Elections, July 2017: Disability Access Monitoring," 

December 12, 2017

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Qualitative Assessment: Perceptions about Women’s Participation in Public Life in the Maldives

Gender equality and women’s empowerment remain a significant challenge in the Maldives. A new report from International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES), titled “Qualitative Assessment: Perceptions about Women’s Participation in Public Life in the Maldives,” examines the root causes of negative perceptions toward women in decision-making roles in the Maldives, including broader societal attitudes toward gender equality and women’s empowerment.

July 17, 2015

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Women’s Empowerment in the Political Process in the Maldives

In the Maldives, as in all countries around the world, women’s interest and ability to participate in the political process is impacted by a combination of legal, political, social, economic and cultural factors. An understanding of how each of these factors independently affects participation, as well as the aggregate effect of these combined factors, is critical to developing targeted strategies to increase women’s engagement in the political process.

July 17, 2015

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Money and Elections in the Maldives

IFES conducted the first systematic nationwide survey of its kind in the Maldives. The survey was conducted to measure the prevalence of vote buying in the Maldives during the March 2014 parliamentary elections. The final report, Money and Election in Maldives: Perceptions and Reality, will be shared with the Government, the Parliament, the Election Commission, civil society, political parties and others.

November 17, 2014

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Elections in Timor Leste: July 7 Parliamentary Elections

In the shadows of the tense 2007 election and the recent successful presidential election, citizens of Timor Leste will go to the polls on July 7 to elect a new parliament.

July 03, 2012

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EVER Report on Election Violence in East Timor - Final Report

To support a peaceful and successful parliamentary election process in Timor-Leste, BELUN and IFES partnered to implement the Election Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) initiative.

October 16, 2007

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EVER Report on Election Violence in East Timor - Number 6

The sixth and final periodic report on electoral violence issued by the EVER Program covers the period from August 10 to August 31, 2007. A total of 20 incidents of election-related violence were identified and verified by EVER monitors during this period. This is a decrease from the 31 incidents reported during the fifth period

September 10, 2007

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EVER Report on Election Violence in East Timor - Number 5

The Fifth Report on Electoral Violence issued by the EVER Program covers the period from July 27 to August 9, 2007. A total of 31 incidents of election-related violence were identified and verified by EVER monitors during this period. This is a sharp increase from the 4 incidents reported during the fourth period (July 13 to July 26) and confirms the increased violence during government formation anticipated in previous EVER reports.

August 21, 2007

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EVER Report on Election Violence in East Timor - Number 4

The Fourth Report on Electoral Violence issued by the EVER Program covers the period from July 13 to July 26, 2007. A total of 4 incidents of election-related violence were captured and verified by EVER monitors during this period. This is a further decrease from the 15 incidents reported during the third reporting period.

August 08, 2007