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International Language Guidelines on Disability
IFES’ “International Language Guidelines on Disability” includes terminology related to electoral access and inclusion in eight languages (Amharic, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, English, French, Kyrgyz, Russian and Spanish).
February 15, 2017
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Report/Paper
Timor-Leste Parliamentary Elections, July 2017: Disability Access Monitoring
For Timor-Leste's 2017 presidential and parliamentary elections, IFES supported local disabled people’s organization Ra’es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO) to conduct disability access monitoring. For the parliamentary elections, RHTO deployed access monitors in every municipality and deployed monitors in the capital city for the presidential election. RHTO detailed their observations in the report, "Timor-Leste Parliamentary Elections, July 2017: Disability Access Monitoring,"
December 12, 2017
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Disability Rights and Election Observation: Increasing Access to the Political Process
IFES Senior Access and Inclusion Specialist Virginia Atkinson, Senior Inclusion Officer Rebecca Aaberg, and Senior Global Electoral Adviser Staffan Darnolf contributed an article on "Disability Rights and Election Observation: Increasing Access to the Political Process," to Volume 35 of the Nordic Journal of Human Rights. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Nordic Journal of Human Rights on December 15, 2017, available here.
December 21, 2017
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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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Election Access Observation Toolkit
To ensure election observations account for the various barriers that women and men with disabilities encounter, IFES, along with disabled persons’ organization partners around the world, has developed an Election Access Observation Toolkit.
October 16, 2018
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Electoral Assessment
Political Participation of Women and Men with Disabilities in Tunisia: An IFES Assessment
Over a two-week period around Tunisia's 2018 municipal elections, IFES conducted a disability rights assessment mission to look at the barriers and opportunities related to political participation of women and men with disabilities, focusing primarily on the preparations for and conduct of the elections. IFES’ focus group participants identified a number of recommendations for Tunisian stakeholders, and the resulting assessment is available for download in English and Arabic and in Arabic audio format.
December 27, 2018
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Brochure/Fact Sheet
How to Hold Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Meetings
A new guide from IFES compares the accessibility features of the most-used virtual meeting platforms and provides good practices for ensuring inclusion.
April 09, 2020
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Report/Paper
IFES COVID-19 Briefing Series: Inclusion and Meaningful Political Participation
How can all people participate in elections and democracy during COVID-19 and other crises?
July 28, 2020
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Report/Paper
Intersectionality Assessment of Political and Electoral Participation in Ukraine
Obstacles to full and equal political participation exist across Ukraine. A new IFES assessment identifies vulnerabilities that impact the political participation of Ukrainians with multiple social identities and opportunities for coalition-building.
July 31, 2020
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Report/Paper
Taking Stock: Opportunities for Electoral Improvements in the Dominican Republic
IFES supported the Dominican Republic's Central Electoral Board to identify reform priorities following the 2021 electoral process.
June 30, 2021