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Resolucion de Conflictos y Violencia Intrafamiliar
“Resolution for Domestic Violence and Conflicts” is an educational brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Fundacion Para la Promocion de la Mujer” foundation in Panama. The brochure describes the program of legal education addressed to familiarize citizens with their rights and the authorities that administrate justice and the legal proceedings. The brochure explains the specific objectives of the program as well as the issues it covers. The brochure is particularly addressed to the cause of reducing domestic violence and conflicts
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Getting into Issues: Your Guide to the 1996 Elections
“Getting into Issues: Your Guide to the 1996 Elections” is a 1996 publication by the League of Women Voters Education Fund which delves into issues and choices voters will have to face in the upcoming 1996 Presidential and Congressional Elections in the USA. Issues discussed include crime and violence, the economy, the federal budget and foreign policy.
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Guia Ciudadana
‘Citizen’s Guide” is a civic education guidebook, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay and intended to familiarize Paraguayans with the general aspects of a municipality. The handbook explores the importance of the municipal government; it describes what a municipality consists of, its functions and the relation between the central government and the municipal government. It also describes the attributions of the municipal council and how citizens can participate in the decision making process.
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Guia Civica
“Civic Guide” is a civic education guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 in Paraguay in an effort to guide Paraguayans on following the necessary steps required to be issued identity cards, the only document that allows voters to exercise their right to vote. The guide explains the procedure and lists the documents needed in order for anyone residing in Paraguay to be able to receive their identity cards.
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Guia del Ciudadano para evaluar el Municipio
“Citizen’s Guide to Evaluate the Municipality” is an educational handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Decidamos” Public Expression Campaign in Panama and intended to familiarize Paraguayan civil society about the attributions and responsibilities of the municipal government. The document explains and describes the general aspects of the municipality (the meaning itself, the territory that forms a municipality, its functions, relations between the municipal government and the central one), as well as it explains the attributions of the municipal government (the ways it is governed, its authorities etc).
Election Material
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Congolaises, Congolais!
“Congolaises, Congolais!” is a flyer from 1996, available in French, which tells the citizens of Congo (Brazaville) that refusing to register for the revised voter list is like closing their eyes to the future of Congo. The voter registration mentioned in the document refers to the Presidential Election, scheduled for July 1997. There is no source listed.
Election Material
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Congratulations! 1996 is your year!
This document informs citizens of the voting process prior to the first election in Russia in 1996. Voter registration and voting procedure are covered.
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Democrats: Putting People First for Arlington and America
“Democrats: Putting People First for Arlington and America” is a political pamphlet made available by Arlington Democrats which urges readers to vote Democrat in the upcoming 1996 Presidential Elections. The pamphlet outlines the good actions Democrats have taken in the last four years in Virginia.
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Droits et Promotion de la Femme
“Droits et Promotion de la Femme” is a pamphlet from 1996, available in French, which seeks to explain why women in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been discriminated against and gives possible solutions in order to give women more rights and better their position in society and the economy. The document is published by a Christian group called l’Epiphanie and also touches on women’s place in the Church and spiritual solutions to the problem. Overall, the pamphlet makes the point that as democracy becomes important in Africa, countries should try and increase women’s rights in order to hold true to the values of democracy.