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Stronger Together: Women and Men Unite for Gender Equality in Ecuador’s Political Parties
Explore how people in Ecuador combat gender inequality with the support of USAID, IFES, and Fundación Esquel Ecuador.
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Enhancing Indigenous Women’s Political Leadership in Ecuador
In May 2022, IFES and Fundación Esquel Ecuador launched a training process with Indigenous women from Movimiento de Unidad Plurinacional Pachakutik – Nuevo País (Pachakutik Plurinational Unity Movement, or Pachakutik) on gender parity and political leadership.
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IFES Introduces its Healthy Masculinities Methodology to Ecuador’s Consejo Nacional Electoral
On June 21, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Consejo Nacional Electoral (National Electoral Council, CNE) of Ecuador held an online session on the topic of "Healthy Masculinities."
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IFES Ecuador and Fundación Esquel Launch Program for Gender Parity in Ecuador
The International Foundation for Electoral Systems and its local partner Fundación Esquel Ecuador officially launched their project, “Democracy, political organizations and gender: From legal parity to substantive parity.”
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Bangladeshi Advocate Promotes Inclusion of Women with Disabilities
IFES is working to support disability rights advocates’ efforts toward the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in public life. One such advocate is Nazma Ara Begum Popy, general secretary of the Bangladesh Visually Impaired People’s Society.
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Learning About Violence Against Women in Politics in Leaps and Bounds: Surprising Findings from the Maldives
In 2011, IFES' Electoral Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) methodology found that women were rarely the subjects of political violence in the Maldives – less than 2 percent of violent incidents specifically targeted women, compared to 46 percent targeting men. Four years later, using a new, survey-based methodology, data collected by Professor Elin Bjarnegård from Sweden's Uppsala University in collaboration with IFES suggested a very different situation.
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"Vaane" Promotes Women’s Empowerment in Maldives
On September 28, 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Maldives launched the public awareness campaign “Vaane” (We Can) to promote women’s participation in public and political life in the Maldives.
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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.
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Women’s Leadership Training in the Maldives
From February 10-12, 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted a Women’s Leadership Training in the Maldives for 28 female representatives from each of the country’s four main political parties; gender focal points at various government offices; and female managers from government bodies as well as the private sector. The training – informed by a needs assessment conducted in the weeks prior to the event – provided participants with a rare opportunity for women to come together across political party lines; learn about domestic violence laws in the Maldives; and build a strong women’s network.
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IFES’ Women’s Leadership Training in the Maldives
This February, IFES Maldives conducted a Women’s Leadership training for female representatives of Maldives four main political parties; gender focal points at various government offices; and female managers from government bodies as well as the private sector.