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From Phones to the Polls, People with Intellectual Disabilities Learn About Electoral Processes
IFES supports the Armenian organization, We Can NGO, in creating a civic education app for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Engaged Citizen: A New Interactive Course for Armenian University Students
The Engaged Citizen university course covers civic education themes adapted and contextualized to Armenia's history, experiences and realities.
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Q&A with Visiting Fellow and Press Secretary of the Central Election Commission of Armenia Hermine Harutyunyan
IFES is hosting the Press Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Armenia Hermine Harutyunyan as part of the American Councils Professional Fellowship Program. In this Q&A, Harutyunyan describes the CEC’s approach to countering disinformation and the most effective methods of sharing information with reporters covering elections.
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Critical Assistance to Early Parliamentary Elections in Armenia
In spring 2018, Armenia witnessed a change in government following peaceful street protests. The country’s new leadership announced a state program that prioritized a revision of the electoral framework and called for snap parliamentary elections. IFES mobilized its resources to provide critical technical assistance to the Central Election Commission in preparation for both the parliamentary and Yerevan city Council of Elders elections.
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United States and Denmark Announce Joint Support to Municipal Electoral Process in Libya
At a ceremony in Tunis on October 4, the United States Government and the Government of Denmark announced their joint support to strengthen municipal council electoral processes in Libya through IFES.
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IFES Trains Haitian Disability Rights Advocates on New Advocacy Skills
On December 16, 2016, IFES conducted a training for persons with disabilities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on advocacy for communicating with government stakeholders. The training focused on the adoption and implementation of a strategy for disability-inclusive elections.
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Encouraging Women to Vote in Côte d'Ivoire
On October 16, 2015, N'Gboado, a local civil society organization partnering with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), created and performed a theater play in Yopougon, a commune of Abidjan where post-election violence broke out in 2010.
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Post-Election Q&A: Côte d’Ivoire’s 2015 Presidential Elections
In this post-election Q&A, IFES Côte d’Ivoire Chief of Party Sophie Lagueny discusses the importance of the 2015 elections for Côte d’Ivoire, IFES’ activities in the country in the lead up to the vote and the post-election atmosphere.
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Electoral Administration Better Prepared For A Stronger Democracy
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) organized two workshops in recent weeks on the Building Resources in Democracy, Governance, and Elections (BRIDGE) Program. Sessions specifically focused on access to electoral processes in order to strengthen the professional capacity of Haitian institutions and to ensure an effective transfer of technical skills in the field of election administration.
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Voter Education in Haiti
After a close and controversial first-round presidential vote in November, on March 20 Haiti held a runoff election for its top two presidential candidates, Mirlande Manigat and Michel Martelly. As part of its technical assistance to the CEP, and in close coordination and cooperation with other partners, IFES organized a public information campaign reminding voters to check their registration information, confirm the location of their polling station and cast their ballots on Election Day.