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IFES, Indonesian Election Commission Pledge Cooperation

IFES and Indonesia's National Election Commission agreed to work closely to prepare Indonesia for legislative and presidential elections in 2009. H. Abdul Hafiz Anshary, chairman of the Komisi Permili… read more » April 18, 2008

IFES, Mexican Tribunal Pledge Cooperation

IFES and Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary are vowing to increase cooperation and strengthen their ties in order to jointly expand the reach of democracy. IFES President Jean-Pierre… read more » March 21, 2008

IFES to Award Democracy Fellowships

A New Means of Measuring Democracy?

University of New Mexico doctoral candidate Yury V. Bosin used his recent IFES fellowship to develop a prototype for an index to measure the quality of elections. The index, with 37 weighted variables… read more » February 27, 2008

IFES Hosts Spanish Delegation

The U.S. presidential primaries offered an opportunity for IFES to exchange views on a wide range of democratic topics with a visiting delegation from Catalan, Spain January 30. The delegation include… read more » January 31, 2008

Sierra Leone Elections Retreat

Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission savored the success of its work organizing the 2007 elections and looked for areas of improvement at a retreat organized by IFES January 9-11. Some 60 elec… read more » January 31, 2008

A Case for Measuring Democracy

Current efforts to 'score' countries based on a set of common democratic principles are flawed, but these indices have tremendous value to policy makers, international donors, academia and media. In a… read more » January 31, 2008

India 'Girl Child' Campaign Releases Handbook

Young people in Rajasthan are using a new tool to educate their community about the dangers of female feticide and the value of women in a democratic society. The Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE… read more » January 29, 2008

Central Asia Sees Decline in Civic Education

Central Asian students have fewer opportunities to learn about their rights and responsibilities in a democracy as governments increasingly drop civics classes in the region. The issue was di… read more » November 13, 2007

Azerbaijanis Debate Election Reform

Results from a 2006 IFES survey on Azerbaijani democracy and elections sparked debate during a visit to IFES by visitors from the South Caucasus country on September 20. The delegation of 15 Az… read more » September 21, 2007

IFES Honored in Nigeria

IFES’ role in supporting democratic development in Nigeria was recognized in July by the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, an umbrella organization for opposition parties. IFES is one of 64 or… read more » July 30, 2007

India Faces Gender Imbalance Crisis

India is coping with the early effects of a gender imbalance crisis caused when families choose sex selective abortions in order to have male children, said Vasu Mohan, IFES’ deputy director for South… read more » June 13, 2007

Indonesian Lawmakers Visit IFES

Legislators and members of Indonesia's main opposition party voiced concern about corruption and a rise in the introduction of Islamic laws by local governments, during a visit to IFES headquarters Ju… read more » June 12, 2007

En Nicaragua, un Nuevo Manual Para Registradores Civiles

Nuevo Reporte Compara las Reformas al Sistema de Registro Civil

Incoming IFES President Featured in Canadian Magazine

The April edition of Canadian Government Executive features a cover story on Jean-Pierre Kingsley, IFES’ incoming president. In an article titled “Exporting Expertise,” … read more » May 08, 2007

IFES' Tudoran Featured at Symposium

ARC Joins Network for Democracy Research Institutes

IFES’ F. Clifton White Applied Research Center for Democracy and Elections, or ARC, is the newest member of the Network for Democracy Research I… read more » April 19, 2007

IFES Featured in U.S. Democracy Report

IFES Helps Armenia Modernize Voter Registry

Armenian citizens are a step closer to having a new and more efficient way to confirm that they are registered to vote, thanks to a project implemented by IFES and funded by the United States governme… read more » April 13, 2007