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Electoral Assessment
Assessment of Online Violence Against Politically and Civically Engaged Women in Bangladesh
IFES has identified several urgent recommendations to mitigate online violence against women public figures in Bangladesh.
April 06, 2021
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Report/Paper
The Effect of Violence on Women’s Electoral and Political Participation in Bangladesh
Women in Bangladesh are uniquely impacted by pervasive violence in the country’s electoral process. To explore the effect of electoral violence on women’s participation, IFES convened seven focus groups of Bangladeshi women in 2013 and 2015 to discuss electoral violence they have experienced in the home and public sphere. The findings seek to contribute to a more holistic and human-centered approach to electoral security that covers all phases and activities of the electoral process and adheres to the spirit of international standards and norms governing elections.
April 13, 2017
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Report/Paper
The Strategic Use of Gender Quotas in the Arab World
William & Kathy Hybl Fellowship, 2010 Research Fellow Bozena Chrisina Welbourne on The Strategic use of Gender Quotas in the Arab World
February 09, 2011
News & Updates
Feature
People Against Violence in Elections in Bangladesh
In this International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Q&A, IFES Bangladesh Chief of Party Alistair Legge talks about the People Against Violence in Elections (PAVE) program, including how the program started; the role of violence in Bangladesh’s political and electoral processes; the instrumental role of women in election conflict and security programming; and lessons learned to prevent or mitigate electoral violence in other contexts.
News & Updates
Press Release
IFES Launches Project to Empower Women in the Middle East
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 (IWPR) and the Canadian Parliamentary Center (CPC), the partners in this endeavor, hope that the project will remove some of the roadblocks to women’s self-empowerment in the region.
News & Updates
Press Release
Yemenis Are Open to Improving Status of Women, but Obstacles to Gender Equality Remain.
CAIRO (December 5, 2010)— The latest nationwide survey conducted by the Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (SWMENA) project finds that while majorities of both Yemeni women and men indicate support for introducing gender quotas in elected bodies and setting a minimum marriage age for girls, overall, different roadblocks remain on Yemeni’s path to achieving gender equality.
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Report/Paper
The Republic of Yemen: Pre- Election Preparations of Report of Delegation 25 January - 1 February 1993
This report discusses the pre-election preparations for elections in the Republic of Yemen from 1993. The report provides commentary on the electoral law, political parties, and the election system and voter registration. Additionally, campaigns, counting ballots and recommendations are discussed.
February 28, 1993
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Report/Paper
Preparing For Election In Yemen: Final Activity Report on the Poll Worker Training Project
This report describes an IFES mission to Yemen to provide a continuous training presence to institutionalize the lessons learned by election officials and pollworkers in other parts of the world. IFES attempted to ensure that Yemeni pollworkers received a thorough understanding of the election law and of the regulations and procedures established by the SEC.
June 30, 1993
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Report/Paper
Women’s Reserved Seats in Bangladesh: A Systemic Analysis of Meaningful Representation
There are currently four separate and different reserved seat systems for women at three levels of government in Bangladesh, and they produce different gender equality outcomes. This paper, authored by IFES Bangladesh Chief of Party Silja Paasilinna, examines these systems in detail, provides an overview of gender-based challenges women elected representatives face in both general and reserved seats, and provides a summary of suggested improvements to the current systems as well as options for alternative systems.
July 12, 2016