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Elections in Fiji: 2018 General Elections
On November 14, Fijian citizens went to the polls to elect 51 members of Parliament, the country’s national legislature. The political party that controls a majority or plurality of seats will form a new government and elect a prime minister. To help you understand this important electoral process, IFES provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Elections in Fiji: 2018 General Elections.
Election FAQ
Elections in Georgia: 2018 Presidential Election
On October 28, Georgian citizens went to the polls to elect the next president. This was the country’s seventh and last direct presidential election since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. To help you understand this important electoral process, IFES provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Elections in Georgia: 2018 Presidential Elections.
News & Updates
Feature
Women and Technology: Enhancing Political Participation
On September 19, IFES and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) co-hosted a briefing on how technology can engage and connect women; increase and inhibit political participation; provide transparency; and gather data to prevent, track and prosecute violence against women.
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Report/Paper
Cybersecurity in Elections
In a new publication, IFES outlines strategies for election management bodies to strengthen their technology and procedures to resist vulnerabilities by following what we have termed a Holistic Exposure and Adaptation Testing (HEAT) process.
October 17, 2018
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Book
Election Access Observation Toolkit
To ensure election observations account for the various barriers that women and men with disabilities encounter, IFES, along with disabled persons’ organization partners around the world, has developed an Election Access Observation Toolkit.
October 16, 2018
News & Updates
Feature
IFES Announces Winner of 2018 Photography Contest
A photograph depicting an insightful moment of Election Day in Mexico has won the top prize of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems’ 2018 Photography Contest. It was one of six photos selected as finalists among the more than 80 entries to the democracy-themed competition.
News & Updates
Feature
Partnership with Libyan Ministry of Education to Promote Civic Education in Public Schools
On August 4, 2018, IFES and the Libyan Ministry of Education (MoE) celebrated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at underpinning future cooperation in Libya. The MoU is the latest culmination of a fruitful cooperation between IFES and the MoE toward developing and introducing a broad curriculum of civic education in public schools in Libya.
News & Updates
Feature
Quebec’s Historic 2018 Elections and the Network of Francophone Election Administrators
IFES was honored to participate in an international visitors’ program on the occasion of Quebec’s 42nd general elections from September 28 to October 3, in Quebec City, Canada. The 2018 elections marked a historical shift in the Quebecois political landscape.
News & Updates
Feature
United States and Denmark Announce Joint Support to Municipal Electoral Process in Libya
At a ceremony in Tunis on October 4, the United States Government and the Government of Denmark announced their joint support to strengthen municipal council electoral processes in Libya through IFES.
News & Updates
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United Nations General Assembly to Be Briefed on Violence Against Women in Politics
On October 5th, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women will brief the General Assembly on violence against women in politics and release a dedicated report, which specifically details the work of IFES on “VAWE-Online,” a globally adaptable tool to measure violence against women in elections on social media.