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IFES Welcomes Regina Waugh as Senior Global Gender Advisor
Waugh will work closely with regional teams and field offices to implement IFES’ approach to gender equality and women’s empowerment and provide strategic vision and leadership for IFES’ gender portfolio.
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Laying the Groundwork for Electoral Justice in Ethiopia
Election disputes are a natural outgrowth of the electoral process, and having mechanisms to properly and fairly consider those disputes is vital to electoral integrity. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is working to instill those mechanisms in Ethiopia, where elections are set for June 5, 2021, and the stakes are high amid an atmosphere of ethno-political tension and conflict and fierce electoral competition.
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Leveraging New Technologies to Make Civic and Electoral Information Accessible to All Tunisians
IFES developed the New Tech Inclusive Democracy Exhibit to teach visitors about democracy and elections in an accessible manner.
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Announcement
Global Cyber Alliance and IFES Announce Partnership
Together the Global Cyber Alliance and IFES will scale and amplify projects to advance secure elections and democracy and make participation safer for everyone.
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Webinar: Democratic Resilience After One Year of the Pandemic
On March 25, IFES’ Regional Europe Office organized a webinar to reflect on the greatest challenges and lessons learned from the pandemic’s impact on democratic resilience in Europe.
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Amid Second COVID-19 Wave, Peruvians Gear Up for Polls Sunday
On Sunday, April 11, Peruvians will elect the next president, two vice presidents, 130 parliamentarians and their five representatives to the Andean Parliament for 2021-26.
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Engaged Citizen: A New Interactive Course for Armenian University Students
The Engaged Citizen university course covers civic education themes adapted and contextualized to Armenia's history, experiences and realities.
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Celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Racial discrimination is a plague to societies worldwide. It continues to hinder democratic progress and cause suffering that affects individuals, communities and institutions. The intentional and full eradication of racial discrimination is necessary for equitable representation, inclusion and access to justice — all essential to democracy.
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IFES Elects New Chair, Welcomes New Board Members
The Board elected Thomas "Tad" Devine as Chair of the Board of Directors of IFES. Ambassador J. Kenneth Blackwell, the previous Chair, was elected as Co-Chair. Fred Humphries and Charles "Chuck" Dolan were also elected as Board members.
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New Symptoms, Old Disease: How COVID-19 Has Aggravated Long-Standing Challenges of Election Administration
IFES has identified challenges common across election management bodies and considers how these have been compounded by COVID-19.