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Inspiring Change through the Kenyan National Children’s Government Congress

With funding from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) under its “Kenya Electoral Systems Support” program, IFES, in partnership with United Nations Children's Fund and the Kenya Primary School Head Teachers Association, hosted 470 student representatives from the across the country at Nairobi primary school, where the student elections took place.
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Kenya’s Campus Ambassadors Help Get out the Youth Ahead of August Polls

IFES Kenya is providing grants to youth-based organizations whose focus is encouraging greater and more meaningful youth participation in Kenya’s electoral process. The campus-based initiatives hinge on engaging youth through peer-to-peer advocacy led by fellow youth known as Campus Ambassadors. For more information, watch the videos in this post and let our Campus Ambassadors get you excited about the importance of elections and peaceful participation in Kenya.
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Expanding Disability Inclusion in Kenya

Learn how IFES is working with key electoral stakeholders in Kenya, including the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, election observers and disabled people’s organizations, to increase the accessibility of the upcoming August polls.
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V-Engage: Voter Messaging Competition 2017

The V-Engage challenge is a flagship activity to support the voter education efforts of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), encourage youth participation in the electoral process and to encourage choices that will shape our communities.
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IFES Statement on the Kenya Electoral Assistance Program

IFES’ Kenya Electoral Assistance Program (KEAP) is funded by a US $18.7 million cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support Kenyan efforts toward peaceful, credible and inclusive 2017 elections.
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IFES Celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities

The annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, held on December 3, commemorates the human rights of persons with disabilities. This year we also celebrate the 10th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 
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IFES Organizes First Pacific Regional Disability Rights Dialogue

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with the Fijian Elections Office, the Pacific Disability Forum, and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat held the first ever Pacific Regional Disability Rights Dialogue from May 11-13. The conference, which took place alongside the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network (PIANZEA) annual meeting in Nadi, Fiji, is the first region-wide gathering of election management officials and disability rights advocates from across the Pacific.
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Kenya Electoral System Support

The new Kenyan Constitution puts forth a vision of a democracy where all voters are fully enfranchised. In particular, it emphasizes the inclusion of women, youth, persons with dis­abilities and other groups who have historically been marginalized by, or underrepresent­ed, in the governance of the country.
January 28, 2015