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19 Mar 2021 | Feature
Racial discrimination is a plague to societies worldwide. It continues to hinder democratic progress and cause suffering that affects individuals, communities and institutions. The intentional and...
19 Mar 2021 | Press Release
The Board elected Thomas "Tad" Devine as Chair of the Board of Directors of IFES. Ambassador J. Kenneth Blackwell, the previous Chair, was elected as Co-Chair. Fred Humphries and Charles "Chuck"...
16 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES has identified challenges common across election management bodies and considers how these have been compounded by COVID-19.
8 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES organized a webinar on disinformation and how it impacts women and other marginalized genders.
8 Mar 2021 | Feature
On International Women’s Day and every day, IFES celebrates and supports gender equality for a more democratic, peaceful and prosperous world.
8 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES and its local partners are training 500 Pakistani women to actively promote women’s National Identity Card registration.
8 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES and Pak Women are implementing a “She Leads Pakistan” leadership program that engages men to partner with women community leaders to advance a more inclusive democratic process.
8 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES organized a webinar on the lessons learned from holding elections in Georgia, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine in recent months.
5 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES and the Pacific Disability Forum stand in solidarity with women with disabilities working to ensure equal access to rights in the COVID-19 response and recovery.
5 Mar 2021 | Feature
IFES is developing a handbook on how to draft a disability inclusion policy to strengthen the participation of persons with disabilities in elections and political processes.
5 Mar 2021 | Feature
In November 2020, IFES facilitated a strategic communications training for staff members of The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission.
20 Feb 2021 | Feature
An independent team of IFES experts conducted an in-person technical observation and assessment of the Turks and Caicos Islands' 2021 general elections.