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New Computers Help Armenia Update Voter Registry System
Armenian citizens will soon have a new and more efficient way to confirm that they are registered to vote, thanks to a project implemented by IFES and funded by the United States government.
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Armenia Elections 2007: Voters with Disabilities
IFES is working to enfranchise Armenia’s 140,000 registered voters with disabilities. One USAID-funded project allowed IFES and local partners to build wheelchair ramps at nine polling places countrywide.
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Armenia: Election Day
Armenia’s successful elections in May are due in part to the hard work of its election officials. See them in action in this photo gallery.
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Armenia: Voters with Disabilities
IFES works with Armenia’s disabilities community to inform the general public of the obstacles voters with disabilities face as this video clip illustrates.
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Workshop Prepares Journalists to Cover Elections
Beirut, LEBANON– Fifteen Lebanese journalists have an opportunity to increase their knowledge of elections at a training supported by IFES that begins today at the American University of Beirut. ‘How to Cover Elections’ is a four-day workshop run in conjunction with AUB’s Regional External Program.
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IFES Launches Project to Empower Women in the Middle East
The Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (SWMENA), a project to improve the legal, political and social standing of women, is underway. IFES, the Institute of Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) and the Canadian Parliamentary Center (CPC), the partners in this endeavor, hope that the project will remove some of the roadblocks to women’s self-empowerment in the region.
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Images from the Lebanon June 7, 2009 Elections, Part 2
IFES staff members capture images from the highly anticipated Lebanese parliamentary elections. Unexpectedly, the March 14th parliamentary block, not Hezbollah's coalition, won the majority of the seats.
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Images from the Lebanon June 7, 2009 Elections, Part 1
Since 2005, IFES has been working in Lebanon to support the electoral reform process. IFES staff members in Lebanon and others visiting from headquarters in Washington, DC, photograph election day.
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Introducing the First Study on the Impact of Public Funding on Muslim Democracies
An innovative, first-of-its-kind publication that explores the role of public funding in democracy development in Muslim-majority countries will be released on July 22, 2009 by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and the United States Institute of Peace.
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International NGO Collaborates with Lebanese Groups to Advance Women's Rights
Fresh data on the status of women in Lebanon will be made public at conference