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Mexico's National Electoral Institute released a voter education video encouraging persons with disabilities to vote during the July 1st elections. The video includes sign language interpretation and is available in Spanish. Transcripts in English and in Spanish of the video are below.   (English transcript begins) Persons with disabilities are citizens with political electoral ...

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, English, and Libyan Arabic Sign Language.   The project was supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and ...

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, English, and Libyan Arabic Sign Language.   The project was supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and ...

A documentary was produced in 2018 to highlight the "Rights Unite" campaign to raise awareness of political rights of persons with disabilities in Libya. The documentary is available in Arabic, English, and Libyan Arabic Sign Language.   The project was supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and ...

In 2017, the National Elections Commission of Liberia (NEC), supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), produced a brief video to engage persons with disabilities to register and vote. A transcript of the video is available below.   (Transcript ...

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 ...