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IFES Celebrates International Women's Day 2019
To build a sustainable, inclusive democracy, women must be able to equally and meaningfully participate in public life as voters, candidates, election officials and in a variety of other roles. On this International Women’s Day, IFES stands with women’s activists and leaders around the globe to #BalanceForBetter to build a more gender-balanced world.
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Women of IFES: Q&A with Radhika Regmi Pokharel
IFES’ leadership in the field is comprised of a cadre of women professionals with firsthand experience administering elections in every region of the world. In this Q&A, IFES Deputy Country Director for Nepal Radhika Regmi Pokharel discusses IFES' work to raise the voice of marginalized communities in ensuring greater government accountability, campaign finance challenges in Nepalese elections and provides some motivational advice to young women working in this field.
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Celebrating the Women of IFES
IFES’ leadership in the field is comprised of a cadre of women professionals with firsthand experience administering elections in every region of the world. Throughout the month of March, IFES is featuring the “Women of IFES” to highlight the contributions of female IFES staff around the world and mark both Women’s History Month in the United States and International Women's Day on March 8.
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IFES Testifies to Canadian Parliament on Engagement in International Democracy Assistance
On February 22, IFES Gender Advisor Dr. Gabrielle Bardall submitted written testimony to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, calling the government of Canada to champion inclusive democracy building around the world.
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Nigeria Holds Greatly Anticipated 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections
On February 23, Nigerians went to the polls to cast their votes in the presidential and National Assembly elections. The 2019 elections are another test for the overall functionality and inclusiveness of the Nigerian electoral process, and the public reaction to the announcements of election results is the next test for the credibility of the electoral process.
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Training Nigerian Poll Workers on Smart Card Readers
IFES produced two smart card reader training videos for poll workers in Nigeria, which will be used to refresh poll workers during trainings prior to the opening of polls and as a reference on Election Days throughout 2019.
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Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Tunisia
To celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Tunisia, the IFES team joined a disability rights-focused Twitter campaign; organized a roundtable of government officials and disabled people’s and civil society organizations to discuss the barriers to political participation experienced by people with disabilities; began work on a sign language lexicon of electoral concepts; and partnered with a local radio station to broadcast three radio shows about issues faced by people with disabilities.
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IFES Recognized for Innovative Disability Inclusion Practices
IFES has received international recognition as a recipient of two Innovative Practice Awards from the Zero Project, an initiative of the Austrian Essl Foundation, which provides a platform for sharing innovative solutions to barriers faced by persons with disabilities around the world. The two tools selected for the award include IFES’ Election Access Observation Toolkit and its Electoral Sign Language Lexicon.
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Supporting Credible Electoral Processes in Nigeria
On February 16, Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission announced the postponement of highly anticipated general elections. IFES has provided critical support to Nigerian election officials and civil society organizations and will continue to provide technical assistance to facilitate the development of free, fair and credible electoral processes.
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Accompanying Sri Lankan Electoral Institutions Toward Successful Reforms
IFES' ongoing work in Sri Lanka, through which it partners with the Election Commission to strengthen transparency, electoral integrity and inclusion in the democratic process, demonstrates four strategies that anchor electoral reform initiatives in local priorities, international standards and comparative examples.