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Unequal Burdens: Corruption’s Impacts on People with Intersectional Identities in Lebanon
This research was conducted under IFES’s Lebanon: Political Advocacy for Inclusive Reform (LePAIR) project
March 27, 2024
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Brochure/Fact Sheet
Strengthening Engagement through Education for Democracy (SEED) 2023
In 2010, IFES developed a global, university-level civic education approach: Strengthening Engagement through Education for Democracy (SEED).
January 27, 2023
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Intersectionality in Action: Lebanese Human Rights Advocates Assess Joint Barriers and Build Coalitions
Lebanon's PATH Coalition drafted an intersectional policy platform that lays out priorities for rights-based advocacy.
August 11, 2021
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Overcoming Challenges to Democracy and Governance Programs in Post-Conflict Countries: CEPPS Lessons Learned
How can democracy and governance programs be more effective in post-conflict environments?
May 18, 2021
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New Report Highlights Barriers to Meaningful Participation of Armenian Women with Disabilities
The Agate Rights Defense Center for Women with Disabilities, with the support of IFES and the United States Agency for International Development, has published new research on the barriers to and opportunities for political participation of women with disabilities in Armenia.
August 15, 2018
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Lebanon’s 2017 Parliamentary Election Law
A new Lebanese government was established in December 2016 and enacted a new election law in 2017. The new law was in force for parliamentary elections held on May 6, 2018, the first since June 2009. To help you understand this important electoral law, IFES provides a briefing paper on Lebanon’s 2017 Parliamentary Election Law.
May 03, 2018
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Regional Director on “The Elections We Want” in Africa
As part of its annual report, the Wilson Center Africa Program asked IFES Regional Director for Africa Rushdi Nackerdien to contribute an essay on recent African elections. His piece, “The Elections We Want,” covered 2017 elections in Angola, Rwanda, Liberia, Senegal, the Gambia, and Kenya, and their implications for election practitioners moving forward.
January 31, 2018
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Electoral Assessment
New Report on Abuse of State Resources in Georgia
This report details findings from an IFES Abuse of State Resources Assessment conducted in Georgia following October 2016 elections. This assessment served as the pilot test of the Abuse of State Resources Research and Assessment Framework assessment methodology and draws on detailed desk research as well as a field research mission to Georgia in May 2017. Findings are focused on abuse of state resources legal provisions, oversight institutions and enforcement mechanisms.
September 01, 2017
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First Universal Democratic Elections in Independent Georgia
First Universal Democratic Elections in Independent Georgia offers a detailed overview of the first national democratic elections conducted in the Republic of Georgia in 1918.
February 27, 2017
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Book
Gender Equality & Election Management Bodies: A Best Practices Guide
The full participation of women and men in a country's political and decision-making processes as voters, candidates, elected officials and electoral management body (EMB) staff is crucial. Yet, despite a set of robust international instruments and many positive developments in recent years, women represent only 21.7 percent of world's parliamentarians and in many countries they continue to be marginalized and underrepresented in political and electoral processes. Clearly, major steps still need to be taken before true gender equality is achieved in this arena.
September 23, 2014