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Promoting Unity Through Youth-Led Community Organizing in Georgia
To empower underrepresented populations and provide spaces for young Georgians to influence decision-making, IFES launched the "Knowledge, Advocacy, Responsibility, engagement" (KARe) initiative. On International Youth Day 2020, the work of IFES’ KARe youth community mobilizers embody the principles of global action at the local level.
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Defending Georgia’s Elections From Cyberattacks
Georgia’s Central Election Commission recently upgraded its server infrastructure with support from IFES, which will allow it to detect and mitigate attacks in the context of parliamentary elections scheduled for October.
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Elections in Poland: 2020 Presidential Election
On June 28, Poland will hold a presidential election that was originally to be held on May 10 but delayed due to COVID-19. Learn more about the COVID-19 mitigation measures and what is at stake.
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Amplifying the Voices of Disability Rights Advocates in Georgia During COVID-19
IFES launched a series of public service announcements that feature young Georgian women with different types of disabilities. The women share how they have been impacted by COVID-19 to raise awareness about barriers faced by people with disabilities.
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Innovating in Response to COVID-19 Moves Cybersecurity Forward in Georgia
On March 31, the International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES) held a virtual signing ceremony in partnership with the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC), information technology vendor UGT and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to launch cybersecurity enhancements to protect Georgia’s elections from malign influence. Shifting the signing ceremony to a virtual format capped off IFES’ efforts to innovate in the face of the global COVID-19 crisis.
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IFES Speaks at Europe’s Largest Human Rights and Democracy Conference
IFES presented on disability-inclusive political participation as a human right in the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, a regional meeting on human rights and democracy.