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In April 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) interviewed Abdelraouf Shanab, a Libyan disability rights advocate who participated in IFES' Disability Rights, Media, and Elections training from the Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) curriculum. The transcript of the interview is below. It has been edited ...

The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) conducted a training of Libyan journalists in April 2017 to sensitize them to rights-based reporting methods. This interview was conducted with one of the participants of that training. The transcript, below, has been edited for clarity.   Could you please introduce yourself and ...

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), with the support of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), produced a series of videos on the electoral process. The transcript of the video on peace, which includes a woman with a physical disability, is below.   (Transcript begins)   Man 1: Peace to me, ...

On June 12-13, 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in cooperation with the National Assembly of Persons with Disabilities of Ukraine (NAPD), organized a conference in Kyiv on “Equal Access: Strengthening and Safeguarding Human Rights.” This video was developed by IFES with funding from the United States Agency for ...

In 2017, Ra'es Hadomi Timor Oan (RHTO), a disabled people's organization in Timor-Leste, and the National Elections Commission (CNE), with the support of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), produced a public service announcement (PSA) on the rights of persons with disabiltiies. An English transcript of the PSA, which is ...

In 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) through its Kenya Electoral Assistance Program (KEAP), supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), collected interviews from participants of its upcoming election access observation in Nairobi. The election access observation is designed to train disability rights advocates to collect ...

In 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) through its Kenya Electoral Assistance Program (KEAP), supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), collected interviews from participants of its upcoming election access observation in Nairobi. The election access observation is designed to train disability rights advocates to collect ...

In 2017, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), with the support of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Kyiv, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Global Affairs Canada produced a video on the right of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to vote. This video mainstreams disability by ...

In 2016, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), in collaboration with the National Human Rights Council in Morocco and supported by the United States Agency for Intrnational Development (USAID), produced a video in Moroccan Sign Language (MSL) of election-related vocabulary. The lexicon, developed by experts and Deaf communities in ...

The Ruderman Foundation released this video in 2016 to accompany a recently published "White Paper on Voting Accessibility for People with Disabilities" in the United States. A transcript follows.   --Transcript Begins--   VOICEOVER: This election, if you are an American citizen, you can vote privately and independently. Unless… You ...

In 2015, Fundaciόn Saraki, an organization in Paraguay that promotes the right of persons wtih disabilities to participate in elections, produced a series of videos with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This video explains how to assist voters with different types of disabilities through the ...

In 2015, Justicia Electoral Paraguay produced a series of videos to inform Deaf voters of voting procedures. This video is available to poll workers on Election Day to help them explain the process to Deaf voters. A transcript of the video is available below.   Transcript   Voting Procedure   Step ...

In 2015, the Tribunal Suprema de Justicia Electoral (TSJE) produced a series of videos to facilitate access of persons with disabilities to the election. The spot featured here notes accessible voting options. The transcript begins below.   Transcript   (music plays)   Voiceover: Accessible voting facilitates the exercise of active ...

In advance of local elections in 2016 in the United Kingdom, Mencap created an introductory video for friends or family members on how to provide appropriate support for voters with learning disabilities.    Transcript   Narrator (woman): It’s election time and it’s all everyone’s talking about. You might have decided who ...

In July 2012, the United Nations produced and aired a short video about election observers with disabilities working in the capital of Dili and elsewhere to monitor the elections and how accessible they were for persons with disabilities.    Transcript   Narrator (woman): It’s parliamentary Election Day in Timor-Leste. Joel ...

A civic education video was produced by the National Election Commission (CNE) in 2012 to support elections in Timor-Leste. It shows the scenery of the island nation and includes different citizens speaking up in support of voting, including a man using a wheelchair.    Transcript   (singing and speaking in ...

This video for the 2011 Guatemalan general elections reminds voters with disabilities that nothing impedes them from casting their ballot and guiding their country's future as the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), Guatemala's electoral commission, implemented unprecedented measures to ensure access for all citizens.   Man: I don’t see the road, ...

Ensuring all citizens have access to the electoral process is a cornerstone of a vibrant democracy. With this in mind, many countries have ratified the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; however, some continue to struggle with its implementation. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) works ...