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Podcast on "Haiti's National Gender and Election Strategy"
In this podcast, Jessica discusses her recent trip to Haiti to attend the launch of the National Gender and Election Strategy.
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Elections in Haiti: 2015 Legislative Elections
On August 9, Haitians citizens will elect two-thirds of the 30-member Senate and all 119 members of the Chamber of Deputies, which together compose the country’s bicameral Parliament.
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Haiti’s National Gender and Election Strategy
As Haiti prepares to hold national elections on August 9, 2015, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), Haiti’s provisional election management body (EMB), has made gender equality and women’s empowerment a priority.
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Engaging the Nation in Gender Equality: Haiti’s National Gender and Elections Strategy
After consultation with key national and international stakeholders, Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has developed the country’s first national gender and elections strategy with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). This document is intended as a tool for the CEP to promote women’s participation in all stages of the electoral process and for all relevant stakeholders to coordinate their efforts regarding gender equality in elections in an effective manner.
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Back in Haiti, Back at Home
IFES Chief of Party in Haiti Alessandra Rossi has over a decade of experience in electoral assistance projects. She recently served in Libya, where she supported the implementation of a voter education initiative targeting women, youth, voters with disabilities and rural communities in the eastern part of the country for the 2012 National Congress Elections with the United Nations Electoral Support Team in Libya. As she return to Haiti for the third time, she talks to us about the new program, and how it feels to be back in a country she says is like home.
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President Bill Sweeney Reaffirms IFES’ Relationship with Egyptian Stakeholders
As Egypt prepares for parliamentary elections that will be held starting in March 2015, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) President and CEO Bill Sweeney traveled to Egypt to reaffirm IFES’ commitment to working with key Egyptian government stakeholders. At a reception held in Cairo on February 5, President Sweeney met with the spokesman of the High Elections Commission (HEC), Judge Omar Marwan, and Chairman of the State Information Service Ambassador Salah Abdel Sadek. They were joined by officials from the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Ministry of Transitional Justice; members of the diplomatic community, including representatives from the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Embassies of Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the European Union; and representatives from the United Nations Development Programme and the Arab League.
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Guinea: Support Political and Electoral Processes
Guinea held a legislative election on September 28, 2013, after six years of delays attributable to a variety of factors, including a military coup d’état. This election, despite being preceded by a series of violent demonstrations, was conducted peacefully, and was widely considered a positive step in Guinea’s democratic transition. Challenges persist, however, that must be addressed prior to the presidential election that is currently scheduled to take place in 2015. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) continues to struggle to demonstrate the institutional and operational capacity necessary to administer elections in a credible and transparent manner and the promotion of electoral reform is further inhibited by a generally weak understanding among citizens of democratic principles, electoral processes, and decentralization.
January 28, 2015
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Barriers to Access are Coming Down in Haiti and Latin America
Election officials and disabilities rights organizations are working to break down barriers in Latin America and Haiti. In this video, IFES Inclusion Coordinator Anais Keenon interviewed Pamela Molina to discuss this work. Molina is an international expert on and advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
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First Haitian Conference on Disability Rights and Political Participation Held in Port-au-Prince
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) co-organized the first conference focused solely on electoral rights of persons with disabilities in Haiti.
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New Project Pioneers Enforcing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Globally
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is proud to announce our participation in a new disability rights consortium led by Mobility International USA (MIUSA).