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Empowering Tomorrow through Youth Engagement
IFES works to empower youth around the world by hosting democracy-focused camps, events, and activities. By educating young people about democracy, we enable them to express themselves and have a voice in their communities.
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Photo Gallery: Elections and Democratic Transitions to Watch in 2013
While elections and democratic transitions are significant to a country’s advancement, some events have the potential to make not only a regional impact, but a global impact as well.
This photo gallery takes a look at the electoral processes and transitions to watch in 2013.
This photo gallery takes a look at the electoral processes and transitions to watch in 2013.
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Elections and COVID-19 – What We Learned from Ebola
In an op-ed for Devex, IFES' Anthony Banbury shares lessons learned from the Ebola crisis as guidance for holding elections and averting a democracy crisis during COVID-19.
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The Legal Quagmire of Postponing or Modifying Elections
Amidst the uncertainty of COVID-19, many countries are grappling with how to modify election procedures to minimize the risk of transmission or change the system for voting completely to avoid the need for voters to go to the polls. While important and often necessary, these decisions are far from simple. IFES has compiled a list of legal elements to consider in relation to election postponements and modifications.
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New Symptoms, Old Disease: How COVID-19 Has Aggravated Long-Standing Challenges of Election Administration
IFES has identified challenges common across election management bodies and considers how these have been compounded by COVID-19.
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Political and Electoral Integrity: The Importance of the UNCAC on its 20th Anniversary
Commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day, looking ahead to 2024.
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IFES Congratulates Tamara Wittes on Appointment as President of NDI
IFES offers warm congratulations to Dr. Tamara Wittes on her appointment as president of the National Democratic Institute.
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IFES Welcomes Five New Directors
IFES welcomes five new members to the Board of Directors.
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Young Advocate Redefines Health Education For Persons With Disabilities
Gabrielle McKenzie, an IFES Youth ALLIES participant, and disability rights advocate, takes her leadership to the U.S.
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Photo Gallery: 2015 Elections
The past year saw a slew of important elections across the globe. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) was engaged with election commissions, civil society and a variety of other stakeholders in many of these elections in 2015.