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The Strategic Use of Gender Quotas in the Arab World
William & Kathy Hybl Fellowship, 2010 Research Fellow Bozena Chrisina Welbourne on The Strategic use of Gender Quotas in the Arab World
February 09, 2011
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Report/Paper
IFES Poll worker Training and the Parliamentary Elections in Yemen
This report summarizes IFES’ pollworker training and parliamentary elections in Yemen from 1997. The report details democracy in Yemen, the political atmosphere in the country and the pre-election environment. Additionally, the report discusses the pollworker training projects and provides recommendations for future trainings and elections.
June 30, 1997
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Final Activity Report: The First Colloquium on the Development of Election Administration in Yemen
This report describes IFES' activities in designing, preparing for and carrying out of the first conference in the Arab world bringing together governmental and non-governmental actors to discuss election organization and coordination. The conference was held in Sanaa, Yemen in 1999.
May 31, 1999
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Voter Education for Marginalized Communities in Yemen
IFES believes that strong democratic institutions empower all citizens to have a voice in the way they are governed. To promote this belief, IFES works to ensure its programming is inclusive of all populations. In Yemen, IFES implemented a project that targeted the traditionally marginalized—women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
News & Updates
Press Release
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.
News & Updates
Press Release
Yemenis Are Open to Improving Status of Women, but Obstacles to Gender Equality Remain.
CAIRO (December 5, 2010)— The latest nationwide survey conducted by the Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa (SWMENA) project finds that while majorities of both Yemeni women and men indicate support for introducing gender quotas in elected bodies and setting a minimum marriage age for girls, overall, different roadblocks remain on Yemeni’s path to achieving gender equality.
News & Updates
Press Release
IFES to Launch New Program Focusing on Yemeni Youth
IFES is launching a new program this month aimed at educating young Yemenis about their rights and responsibilities as active citizens in a democracy
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Report/Paper
1996 Pre-Election Technical Assessment, Yemen
This report summarizes IFES’ mission to Yemen and the subsequent meetings with election and government officials, political party leaders, members of Parliament, diplomats and others to assess the progress of election activities and preparations, and to determine what assistance IFES could offer to enhance the electoral process.
December 31, 1996
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Report/Paper
The Republic of Yemen: Pre- Election Preparations of Report of Delegation 25 January - 1 February 1993
This report discusses the pre-election preparations for elections in the Republic of Yemen from 1993. The report provides commentary on the electoral law, political parties, and the election system and voter registration. Additionally, campaigns, counting ballots and recommendations are discussed.
February 28, 1993
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Report/Paper
Preparing For Election In Yemen: Final Activity Report on the Poll Worker Training Project
This report describes an IFES mission to Yemen to provide a continuous training presence to institutionalize the lessons learned by election officials and pollworkers in other parts of the world. IFES attempted to ensure that Yemeni pollworkers received a thorough understanding of the election law and of the regulations and procedures established by the SEC.
June 30, 1993