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Photo Gallery: Partnerships for Meaningful Elections in Africa: Lessons from 2015 and Projections for 2016
As more African countries prepare for presidential polls in the new year, representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), International Republican Institute (IRI), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Open Society Foundations assessed the 2015 elections and discussed the outlook for upcoming elections in 2016.
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Political Participation by Women with Disabilities in Areas Affected by Conflict
Despite making up half of the population, women are excluded from equal political participation by prohibitive power dynamics embedded in culture, institutions and legal systems, all conditions which are exacerbated during conflict.
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Photo Gallery: Women in the Military Lessons on Leading and Women’s Expanded Role in Combat
On January 21, 2016, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Office of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) hosted “Women in the Military: Lessons on Leading and Women’s Expanded Role in Combat,” the fourth installment of the “Women, Peace and Security” Capitol Hill breakfast briefing series.
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Women in the Military: Lessons on Leading and Women’s Expanded Role in Combat
On January 21, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Office of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) hosted “Women in the Military: Lessons on Leading and Women’s Expanded Role in Combat,” the fourth installment of the “Women, Peace and Security” Capitol Hill breakfast briefing series.
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Call for Applications for the Hybl and Manatt Democracy Fellowships
IFES annually awards two to four Democracy Studies Fellowships to bring outstanding U.S. graduate students to Washington, D.C. to engage in democracy development research. Based at IFES’ Center for Applied Research and Learning, fellows have access to IFES experts and conduct independent research with IFES mentors for six to eight weeks.
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Podcast: CEPPS' Resident Directors in Guatemala Discuss 2015 Elections
After the first round of elections in September, the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) members recorded a podcast with Eduardo Núñez, National Democratic Institute Guatemala Resident Director; Tony Garrastazu, International Republican Institute Guatemala Resident Director; Maximo Zaldivar, International Foundation for Electoral Systems Guatemala Chief of Party on how CEPPS provided technical assistance during the 2015 general elections in Guatemala.
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IFES Conducts First CRPD Training with Georgian Public Defender’s Office
Persons with disabilities around the world encounter barriers to their political participation, and countries like Georgia are taking steps toward more inclusive policies and practices. In December 2013, Georgia ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which calls on states to recognize the rights of persons with disabilities and to adopt appropriate measures to ensure that those rights are fully enjoyed.
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Women at the Syrian Peace Table
Used by The Elders following the recent Syrian peace talks in Vienna, #wherearethewomen is an important social media petition that exposes the disconnect between interested and engaged Syrian women and their absence from international efforts to negotiate a settlement to the crisis in Syria.
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Video: Support #AVoteforEveryVoice
In late September 2015, IFES introduced #AVoteForEveryVoice, our first-ever online fundraising campaign, with the goal of raising $10,000 by December 31 for our 2016 projects to empower persons with disabilities.
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Bangladesh’s National Convention of the Ambassadors for Peace
On November 14, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with local partner The Hunger Project-Bangladesh, held the “National Convention of the Ambassadors for Peace” in Dhaka for the Ambassadors for Peace (Shanti Dut Gon) who have been trained through IFES’ People Against Violence in Elections (PAVE) program.