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CEPPS Partners Meet with Myanmar’s Speaker of Parliament
On May 1, 2015, IFES, NDI and IRI met with Thura U Shwe Mann, Speaker of Myanmar’s lower house of Parliament, to discuss Myanmar’s democratic progress.
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IFES Supports Efforts to Promote Women’s Engagement in Elections in Myanmar
In Myanmar, there is a significant gap between men and women’s engagement in elections, politics and governance. There is much work to be done to ensure gender equality in the electoral process. The Union Election Commission of Myanmar (UEC), with support from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is working on a number of initiatives to better incorporate women into the process.
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Myanmar’s Election Commission Takes Steps to Achieve Gender Equality and Include Voters with Disabilities
After five decades of military rule, Myanmar has initiated an ongoing process of democratic reform, opening new and significant political space. However, persons with disabilities in Myanmar still face numerous obstacles in accessing their right to vote, and, at only 6.8 percent, Myanmar has one of the lowest percentages of women in parliament in the region.
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Spending Limits as a Policy Option
Citizens in many countries are upset because they believe the current financing of politics (which involves corruption and under-the-table deals) is violating the basic democratic values of equal opportunity, transparency and accountability. One way to bring the funding of political parties and candidates into line with these values is to regulate campaign expenditures through spending limits. This is a viable option, but such limits must be designed and implemented with care.
June 29, 2007
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Book
Information on Registering as a Political Party (March 2002) - UK
Handbook for political parties published
by the Electoral Commission of the UK.
by the Electoral Commission of the UK.
February 28, 2002
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Book
Donations: Explanatory Notes for Registered Political Parties - UK
Campaign finance guidance for political
parties published by the Registration and Compliance Team of the Electoral
Commission of the UK
parties published by the Registration and Compliance Team of the Electoral
Commission of the UK
March 01, 2001
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Representation of the People Act 2000
Representation of the People Act 2000
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998
Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998
Election Material
Civic Education Material
District Council Elections 7 May 1998
This document is a strip of election buttons related to the May 7, 1998 district council elections in the United Kingdom.