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Voter rights and registration resource guide
“Voter Rights and Registration Resource Guide” is document produced in 1990 by the Texas Young Lawyers Association and designed to stimulate the voter turnout of eligible voters in Texas. The document is intended to help educate Texans about the importance of voting as well as the correct ways to exercise this right. Included in the document are important historical dates and brief descriptions of the events in the development of National Voter Rights under the U.S Constitution and a number of case studies on voting rights and the decisions involved. Additionally, after a brief description of the state voter registration, the document provides important information on Texas’s voter registration, voter qualifications, and the women’s suffrage movement.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Mighty Political Experiment
“Mighty Political Experiment” is a pamphlet by the League of Women Voters which gives a historical background to their organization and the option for the reader to become a member of the League of Women Voters (LWV). The document, made available in 1993, provides insight into the LWV’s mission of encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government as well as some of its achievement and goals.
Election Material
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I Vote!
“I Vote!” is a flyer produced by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence – the group that organized the Million Mom March in May 2000 – which encourages the reader to vote in the 2000 Presidential Election in the USA. Million Mom March is an annual march in Washington D.C. held on mother’s day to promote tighter restrictions on guns in order to create a safer environment for children.
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Welcome to the Million Mom March
“Welcome to the Million Mom March” is a pamphlet, produced by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, advertizing the Million Mom March on May 14th 2000 in Washington D.C, USA, which is organized in order to promote tighter restrictions on guns. The document includes a list of activities such as voter registration (2000 is a presidential election year in the USA) and information on how participants can be more politically active and support candidates that will promote sensible gun laws.
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Sensible gun laws, safe kids
“Sensible Gun Laws, Safe Kids” is an advertisement flyer for the Million Mom March in May 2000, organized by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, where mothers march in Washington D.C, to promote tighter restrictions on guns in order to create a safer environment for their children. The group is known to be somewhat politically active, encouraging those who march to vote on laws concerning gun safety in the USA.
News & Updates
Press Release
IFES Stands with Those Working to End Gender-Based Violence
Sunday, November 25, marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) takes this opportunity to reaffirm its support for those who work to prevent and respond to all forms of gender-based violence.
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The IFES Annual Report 2009
IFES promotes democratic stability by providing technical assistance and applying field-based research to the electoral cycle worldwide to enhance citizen participation and strengthen civil societies, governance and transparency.
August 15, 2010
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Violence Against Women in Politics: A Barrier to Peace and Security
A policy brief co-authored by IFES Senior Gender Specialist Dr. Gabrielle Bardall and Alliance for Peacebuilding Research Associate Emily Myers was featured in the 2018 U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Policy Brief Series.
May 17, 2018
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Feature
Women and Technology: Enhancing Political Participation
On September 19, IFES and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tex.) co-hosted a briefing on how technology can engage and connect women; increase and inhibit political participation; provide transparency; and gather data to prevent, track and prosecute violence against women.
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Feature
Empowering Women in Kenya: A Conversation with Advocate Maimuna Mwidau
Watch an engaging conversation with prominent women's advocate Maimuna Mwidau and IFES Deputy Director for Africa Abigail Wilson on the progress women have made over the last half decade and the challenges they still face in the pursuit of gender equality in Kenya.