10 May 2022 | Election FAQ
IFES presents FAQs on Elections in Lebanon: 2022 Parliamentary Elections ahead of Election Day on May 15, 2022.
11 Aug 2021 | Publication
Lebanon's PATH Coalition drafted an intersectional policy platform that lays out priorities for rights-based advocacy.
26 Jan 2021 | News and Updates
For the first time ever, Lebanese civil society organizations submitted a joint report to the United Nations that considered violations of sexual and reproductive rights.
15 Dec 2020 | News and Updates
The Committee for the Families of the Kidnapped and IFES’ partner the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities co-organized a march to unite people from different backgrounds to demand...
11 Apr 2019 | News and Updates
IFES has partnered with the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities and ABAAD-Resource Center for Gender Equality to launch the “Identify, Interpret and Respond” project, which will...
3 Dec 2018 | News and Updates
The annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, held on December 3, commemorates the human rights of persons with disabilities. The theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with...
3 May 2018 | Publication
A new Lebanese government was established in December 2016 and enacted a new election law in 2017. The new law was in force for parliamentary elections held on May 6, 2018, the first since June 2009...
19 Jun 2014 | News and Updates
Richard Chambers worked with IFES in Lebanon from 2007-2011. He reflects on his IFES experiences and lessons learned during his career in election management.
30 Sep 2013 | Publication
Financing Politics: The Middle East and North Africa is a collaborative effort between the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Arab Region Parliamentarians against...
7 Dec 2011 | Multimedia
As citizens of the Middle East and North Africa demand democratic reform through the ballot, it is important to understand the steps that must be taken to conduct elections that reflect the will of...
5 Oct 2011 | Publication
Electoral districting is pivotal to electoral reform in Lebanon. Current parliamentary electoral district boundaries are based on Lebanon’s administrative districts, or Qadas.
22 Sep 2011 | Survey
As people across the Middle East and North Africa continue to protest for greater freedom and equality under repressive regimes, women have an unprecedented opportunity to capture some of the newly...
14 Jun 2011 | Publication
Lebanon announced a new cabinet under Prime Minster Najib Mikati after operating without a government since January. IFES has produced a short brief that delineates the members of the new...
25 Feb 2011 | Publication
The SWMENA survey investigated the extent to which women in Lebanon had access to formal healthcare. The survey also examined issues of affordability, quality of care, utilization, and proximity to...
23 Aug 2010 | Publication
Lobbying is a critical component of the democratic process. The essence of representative government is that policymakers should be representing the needs of their constituencies when they pass...
1 Jun 2010 | Multimedia
On 9th May 2010 Lebanon held elections across the muhafaza of Bekaa and Beirut. IFES worked with Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to ensure all electoral staff had uniforms, accreditation...
29 May 2010 | Publication
IFES has produced a briefing paper on the Fourth Round of Lebanon’s local elections to take place on May 30, 2010. The fourth and final round of local elections will be held in the muhafezat of North...
28 May 2010 | Publication
Ahead of the 7 June 2009 parliamentary elections in Lebanon, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) established the Lebanese Election Violence Risk Assessment (LEVRA) Project,...
22 May 2010 | Publication
On May 23, 2010, Lebanon will have the third round of local elections. During this round, the elections will be held across southern Lebanon in the two muhafezats of South Lebanon and Nabetieh....
19 May 2010 | Publication
Last week at the annual World Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Rola Abdul-Latif and Lauren Serpe of IFES’ Applied Research Center presented their paper, "The Status of the Women in...
10 Mar 2010 | Multimedia
The Lebanese Ministry of Interior & Municipalities 2010 Municipality elections awareness campaign to inform voters of their responsibility to verify their data on the voter register between...
10 Mar 2010 | Multimedia
The Lebanese Ministry of Interior & Municipalities 2010 Municipality elections awareness campaign to inform voters of their responsibility to verify their data on the voter register between...
10 Mar 2010 | Multimedia
The Lebanese Ministry of Interior & Municipalities 2010 Municipality elections awareness campaign to inform voters of their responsibility to verify their data on the voter register between...
10 Mar 2010 | Multimedia
The Lebanese Ministry of Interior & Municipalities 2010 Municipality elections awareness campaign to inform voters of their responsibility to verify their data on the voter register between...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
This topic brief presents the main findings from the SWMENA survey in Lebanon on civic and political participation. It includes an analysis of civic engagement through membership in different types...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
The Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (SWMENA) is a gender-focused research project that evaluates the status of women in three countries: Lebanon, Morocco, and Yemen. SWMENA is a...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
This topic brief presents the main findings from the SWMENA survey in Lebanon on people’s attitudes towards policy change. The survey elicited opinions on possible law reforms that have the...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
The SWMENA survey investigated the extent to which women in Lebanon felt they enjoyed freedom of movement without pressures from family or society. The survey also examined general attitudes...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
The SWMENA survey investigated the extent to which women in Lebanon felt they enjoyed freedom of movement without pressures from family or society. The survey also examined general attitudes...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
This topic brief presents key findings about asset control based on data from the 2009 SWMENA survey in Lebanon. It includes an analysis of women’s control over assets, focusing on how earnings are...
18 Feb 2010 | Publication
This topic brief presents key findings on women and men’s economic and educational status based on data from the SWMENA survey in Lebanon. It includes an analysis of women’s economic status,...
17 Feb 2010 | News and Updates
BEIRUT—Key findings from a national survey on Lebanese political attitudes and practices were released today by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). The data gives much...
17 Feb 2010 | News and Updates
Fresh data on the status of women in Lebanon will be made public at conference
20 Dec 2009 | Publication
An electoral system is of key political and democratic importance as it determines who
'wins' an election by the method of translating votes into seats.
8 Nov 2009 | Publication
Five months after the June 7 elections, and following protracted wrangling between the different Lebanese political factions over the allocation of portfolios, the proposed members of the Council...
2 Sep 2009 | Publication
On June 7, 2009, Lebanon held parliamentary elections that resulted in a majority of 71 deputies and an opposition of 57 deputies. Each coalition is composed of different political parties and...
10 Aug 2009 | Publication
This document provides background information on some available options for alternative electoral systems that could be used for electing municipal councils in Lebanon. The paper also provides an...
1 Aug 2009 | Publication
In this report Dr. Magnus Ohman provides an analysis of the oversight mechanisms put in place for the 2009 Parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
21 Jul 2009 | News and Updates
An innovative, first-of-its-kind publication that explores the role of public funding in democracy development in Muslim-majority countries will be released on July 22, 2009 by the International...
21 Jul 2009 | Publication
An innovative, first-of-its-kind publication that explores the role of public funding in democracy development in Muslim-majority countries is being released today by the International Foundation for...
10 Jun 2009 | Multimedia
Since 2005, IFES has been working in Lebanon to support the electoral reform process. IFES staff members in Lebanon and others visiting from headquarters in Washington, DC, photograph election day.
8 Jun 2009 | Multimedia
IFES staff members capture images from the highly anticipated Lebanese parliamentary elections. Unexpectedly, the March 14th parliamentary block, not Hezbollah's coalition, won the majority of the...
26 May 2009 | Publication
On May 26, 2009, the Lebanese Council of Ministers appointed by unanimous vote the last remaining members of the Constitutional Council. The Constitutional Council is established under Article 19...
13 May 2009 | Publication
IFES-Lebanon has released the third briefing paper for the June 7, 2009 Lebanese election. This latest paper provides information about the parties that make up the two blocks or alliances in...
15 Apr 2009 | News and Updates
The Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (SWMENA), a project to improve the legal, political and social standing of women, is underway. IFES, the Institute of Women’s Policy Research...
19 Mar 2009 | Publication
On 19 March 2009, Parliament voted unanimously to adopt a Constitutional Law to reduce the voting age in Lebanon from 21 years to 18 years. The Law will now be forwarded to the cabinet for the...
2 Mar 2009 | Publication
Information on electoral districts and the electoral system that will be used and an outline of key issues relating to the electoral process, electoral lists and ballot papers.
8 Feb 2009 | Publication
The voter register in Lebanon is updated annually. Between 10 February and 10 March, the Election Law provides that all Lebanese citizens have the right to check whether they are correctly included...
4 Feb 2008 | News and Updates
Beirut, LEBANON– Fifteen Lebanese journalists have an opportunity to increase their knowledge of elections at a training supported by IFES that begins today at the American University of Beirut. ‘How...
21 Oct 2007 | Publication
This briefing paper outlines some of the key constitutional and procedural issues that may arise as the Lebanese Parliament meets to elect a new President.
8 May 2007 | Publication
This comparative report on the media in Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Morocco seeks to accomplish at least three important tasks: (1) measure the independence of the media against new regional best...