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Advocates Trained to Evaluate Implementation of Regional Disability Rights Policy Document
On January 30, IFES and the General Election Network for Disability Access trained advocates from disabled people’s organizations and election-focused civil society organizations on the reporting process for a new regional policy document.
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Advancing Disability Rights in Southeast Asia through Regional Network of Advocates
In 2011, IFES established the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) across Southeast Asia. A creative partnership between disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations, AGENDA serves as a forum to improve access to political and electoral opportunities for persons with disabilities by increasing public awareness and elevating advocacy efforts that call for change.
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RightsNow! Disability Consortium Launches Resource Portal for Disability Rights Implementation
The Global Disability RightsNow! consortium, which the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) is a member, is launching a new resource website for disability rights advocates in Armenia, Kenya, Mexico, Vietnam and other places around the world.
News & Updates
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Increasing Election Access for Saskatchewan Citizens with Disabilities
Saskatchewan, a large prairie province in central Canada, is home to more than 180,000 persons with disabilities. Elections Saskatchewan – which is responsible for managing the province’s elections – used feedback from disability rights organizations, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy to improve election accessibility for voters with disabilities in the province’s 28th general election, which occurred on April 4, 2016.
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AGENDA Produces Regional Research Report on Disability Access and Inclusion
In February 2016, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) published Disability Access and Inclusion in the Political Processes of Four Southeast Asian Countries, providing key insights from Southeast Asia written by local disabled persons’ organizations.
March 29, 2016
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Report/Paper
Accessible Elections for Persons with Disabilities in Five Southeast Asian Countries
All too often, persons with disabilities are not included in the political lives of their country on an equal basis with others. Accessible Elections for Persons with Disabilities in Five Southeast Asian Countries is the first systematic attempt to gather data on election access from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Vietnam. The report reviews – for persons with disabilities – existing legal frameworks, challenges and barriers in exercising political rights and participation; best practices and innovations; and examples of how disabled persons organizations have been involved in electoral issues.
October 25, 2013
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting More Accessible
“Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting more Accessible” is a guide from 1996, available in a French and English copy, meant to help election officials make the polling sites more accessible to handicapped voters so they may vote in the upcoming Federal Elections. The document, published by Elections Canada, gives advice on how to make the sites more accessible by setting up ramps, special parking and adapted doors and entrances. The document includes diagrams.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Referendum 1995: What you need to know
“Referendum 1995: What you Need to Know” is a 1995 leaflet, available in a French and English copy, which explains to readers the special measures taken for disabled voters in order for them to be able to access the polls to vote in the October 30th 1995 Referendum in Quebec, Canada. The document, published by the Director General of Elections in Quebec, includes information on voter lists, accessibility of premises for handicapped voters, and access to information.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Referendum 1995: Inscrivez-vous et votez sans vous deplacer
“Referendum 1995: Inscrivez-vous et votez sans vous deplacer” is a 1995 leaflet, available in French and English copies, which informs readers on how citizens living in a reception or hospital centre can vote in the 1995 Referendum in Quebec, Canada. The document, published by the Director of Elections in Quebec, explains that people unable to move about may send in an application to be included on the voter list and then may vote from their room.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Federal Election Voter's Guide
“Federal Elections Voter’s Guide” is a guide from 1993, available in a French and English copy, which explains to Canadian voters how to vote in the 1993 Federal Elections, given the recent changes in law concerning registration and polling access. The document, published by Elections Canada, provides information on voter lists, simplified voting, and the increase in accessibility to polls for disabled voters through a question and answer format.