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Supporting Meaningful Global Youth Engagement
To mark International Youth Day 2016, the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) reaffirms its commitment to supporting inclusive and meaningful global youth engagement. CEPPS recognizes that young people around the world face incredible individual, socio-cultural, and institutional challenges as they navigate their transition from the dependence of childhood to active citizenship in adulthood.
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22 Years Since Violeta Chamorro: Women’s Political Participation in Latin America Today
Rafael Lopez-Pintor, former IFES Chief of Party in Nicaragua and special adviser on the electoral cycle, talks to us about recent developments in the path to increased female political participation in Latin America and tells us how it compares to Violeta Chamorro’s tenure as Nicaragua’s—and the Americas’—first female president back in 1990.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Guia paso a paso
“Guide: Step by Step” is an electoral handbook, available in Spanish, issued in 2006 by the Supreme Electoral Council in Nicaragua in lead up to the November 5, 2006 Nicaraguan General Elections. The handbook is supposed to instruct the polling station officials about their responsibilities before and during the elections and to serve as guidance through the voting procedures. Additionally, the guide contains examples of the documents needed by the polling station officials when following the required voting procedures.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Constitucion Politica de la Republica de Nicaragua
“The Political Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua” is the official publication of the Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua, available in Spanish, issued in 2003 by the Secretariat of Legal Affairs of the Presidency of Nicaragua. The text of the constitution embodies the approved reforms of 2000. The constitution consists of 11 articles, some of them incorporating matters of national defense, general principles, Nicaraguan nationality, Education and Culture, and the structure of the state institutions.
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Informe Final: Asistencia Tecnica al Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua: Area de Fortalecimiento. Vol 1
December 19, 1997
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Report/Paper
Nicaragua: Observacion Internacional 20 de Octubre de 1996
November 30, 1996
Election Material
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Nicaragua Alcalde y Vicealcalde Ballot 1996
Ballot used for the 1996 Nicaraguan election in the Municipality of Esteli to elect the Mayor and Vice-Mayor.
Election Material
Ballot
Nicaragua Diputados Departamento de Rivas Ballot 1996
Ballot from the 1996 General Election in Nicaragua. The main parties in the election were the Alianza Liberal (Liberal Alliance) and the Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (Sandinista Front of National Liberation). This ballot was used in the Rivas Department.