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The Kenya Diaspora Workshop: Considerations for Out-of-Country Voting
A mandate of the newly appointed Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya is to enable diaspora voting. In order to promote better understanding among officials and leaders of the Kenyan diaspora on out-of-country voting, IFES hosted a workshop describing the complexities surrounding the implementation of this process. Featured speakers included IEBC Chariman Ahmed Issack Hassan, IFES Senior Global Electoral Adviser Peter Erben and others.
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Step by Step: Moving Women Forward in Africa
Maimuna Mwidau, a women's advocate from Kenya and a 2012 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award recipient, has worked to advance gender equality throughout Africa. Kenya's 2010 constitution, which guarantees women a place at the table of Kenyan politics, has been the pinnacle of her efforts thus far.
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Empowering Women in Kenya: A Conversation with Advocate Maimuna Mwidau
Watch an engaging conversation with prominent women's advocate Maimuna Mwidau and IFES Deputy Director for Africa Abigail Wilson on the progress women have made over the last half decade and the challenges they still face in the pursuit of gender equality in Kenya.
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IFES Announces 2012 Democracy Award Winners
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) will honor an international women's rights advocate and two United States lawmakers with its 2012 Charles T. Manatt Democracy Awards.
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In Kenya, Using Technology for Safer Elections
In response to the violence following Kenya's 2007 presidential election, which divided the country and left dozens dead, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is introducing several new technologies to ensure more peaceful elections. IFES’ Chief of Party in Kenya Mike Yard answers some questions about adopting this new technology ahead of the March 2013 general elections.
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Kenya Elections: Building a Peaceful, Credible Political Process
IFES and Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for a conversation on Kenya's efforts to ensure a peaceful and credible electoral process in 2013.
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Mitigating Electoral Violence: Gender Analysis, Technology and Proactive Election Management
Electoral violence is a persistent threat around the world. It delegitimizes and negatively impacts access to the electoral process for voters and candidates.
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Elections Worth Dying For? Maintaining the Peace During Elections in Africa
Used as a political tool before, during and after elections, violence threatens the franchise and civil rights of all citizens.
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Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Election Disputes
In an effort to guide stakeholders to effectively resolve election complaints, IFES has identified seven principle international standards in electoral complaints adjudication, outlined in this paper.
February 14, 2011
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Global Trends in The Regulation of Political Finance
This paper deals with the role of money in politics, and in particular with certain efforts by countries around the world to regulate this role. In the current world (and probably since we first started organising ourselves politically), money in politics or political finance as we commonly know it is a central aspect of any political system, whether democratic or undemocratic, "developed" or "developing" and regardless of political culture or tradition.
February 14, 2011