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Libyan Electoral Sign Language Lexicon Facilitates Deaf Empowerment
For Deaf Libyans, language barriers are a profound challenge to full participation in political life. In Libyan elections – as in many elections worldwide – speeches, voting materials and other essential electoral information are not translated into sign language. This creates an alarming gap in access to information for Libyan Deaf communities, and opens a subsequent possibility for manipulation by others.
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IFES Granted Observer Status before the Venice Commission
On June 9, 2016, IFES was officially extended observer status before the Venice Commission’s Council for Democratic Elections, which handles all of the Commission’s work in this field. Professor Srdjan Darmanovic, the Ambassador of Montenegro to the U.S. and a representative of the Venice Commission, visited IFES headquarters in Washington to discuss the Commission’s work and how IFES can play a vital role on a broad range of electoral issues.
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IFES and UNDP to Expand Collaboration in Electoral Practices
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance electoral practices around the world. The enhanced collaboration will promote inclusive, credible electoral processes across borders while fostering good and accountable governance institutions.
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Video: IFES Board Director, Irena Hadžiabdić Discusses Election Management and Gender Equality
Irena Hadžiabdić is an Election Commissioner for Bosnia and Herzegovina's Central Election Commission and an International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Board Director.
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Fatoumata Camara Discusses Advocating for Persons with Disabilities in Guinea
Fatoumata Camara, a Guinean with a physical disability, is the Deputy Coordinator for the Association of Persons Living with a Disability of Mamou, Guinea. In this Q&A, Camara discusses barriers to electoral and political participation that Guineans with disabilities face, the role of civic education in reducing those barriers and major accomplishments of the disability rights movement in Guinea.
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Video: Support #HerVoteHerVoice
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ (IFES) #HerVoteHerVoice campaign seeks to raise $10,000 by June 30 for our Violence Against Women in Elections (VAWIE) framework.
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IFES Condemns the Murder of British MP Jo Cox
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is deeply saddened by the June 16, 2016 murder of Jo Cox, a British member of Parliament.
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Podcast: Dialogues on Democracy featuring Professor Andrew Reynolds
Dr. Andrew Reynolds is a Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. In this podcast, Dr. Reynolds discusses a paper he recently co-authored with Logan S. Casey, entitled “STANDING OUT Transgender and Gender Variant Candidates and Elected Officials Around the World.”
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The League of Arab States and UNDP Welcome IFES to Regional Conference
On May 10, 2016, IFES Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Zeinab Abdelkarim addressed a regional forum that brought together representatives from electoral management bodies in the Arab world.
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IFES Announces International Recipient of 2016 Democracy Awards
IFES will honor Nay Lin Soe, a disability rights advocate and founder and CEO of the Myanmar Independent Living Initiative, with its 2016 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award. This is the first time that IFES has honored both a disability rights advocate and an Asian citizen with the Democracy Award.