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Voice of America on President Zelenskyy Receiving the IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received one of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems' (IFES) 2022 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards.
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IFES Baxter Award Honors First Woman President of BiH Electoral Body
On June 13, 2022, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) presented its 2022 Joe C. Baxter Award to Dr. Irena Hadžiabdić, the first woman to serve as President of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Central Election Commission (CEC) and a member of the IFES Board of Directors.
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Elections in Papua New Guinea: 2022 National Election
From July 2-22, Papua New Guinean voters will have the opportunity to directly elect 118 Members of Parliament (MPs) to serve in the National Parliament for a five-year term.
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IFES Ecuador and Fundación Esquel Launch Program for Gender Parity in Ecuador
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems and its local partner Fundación Esquel Ecuador officially launched their project, “Democracy, political organizations and gender: From legal parity to substantive parity.”
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Samantha Power Remarks 2022 IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
USAID Administrator, Samantha Power's full remarks on behalf of USAID DRG Officers at IFES Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards
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Is Democracy Assistance Sustainable? What 25 Years of Programs Has Taught Us
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) had a unique opportunity to revisit 25 years of democracy assistance programs in post-conflict countries and talk to 88 local partners who directly participated in these projects and 28 program implementers. The insights obtained from these conversations helped us better understand what is needed to meaningfully contribute to self-reliance.
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Center for Applied Research & Learning
The Center for Applied Research and Learning combines academic approaches with practitioner perspectives, emphasizing applied research, evaluation and organizational learning to strengthen democracy and governance assistance.
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Covering Local Democracy in Tunisia: The Mourasiloun Program
With funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth Department Office, IFES implemented a program entitled Local Democracy Reporters (LDRs), or Mourasiloun (“Reporters” in Arabic).
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Women’s Political Representation in Sri Lanka: Electoral System Analysis and Recommendations
To help inform stakeholders’ efforts to sustainably promote women’s political leadership and participation in Sri Lanka, IFES published a research paper, Women’s Political Representation in Sri Lanka: Electoral System Analysis and Recommendations, which analyzes the current standing of women’s representation and the main reasons behind the underrepresentation of women in politics.
April 08, 2022
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Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka During COVID-19: Case Study on Crisis Management in Elections
To assess adaptive measures taken by the ECSL, challenges and key lessons learned, IFES published Parliamentary Elections in Sri Lanka During COVID-19: Case Study on Crisis Management in Elections, which includes in-depth literature reviews from various sources.
April 08, 2022