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In 2018, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) produced a public service announcement which demonstrates the challenges that persons with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face while accessing public places and decision-making processes. It features Ilyas Alymbek Uulu, a wheelchair user and alumnus of IFES’ democracy camp program for youth in ...

In September 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In September 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

September 23, 2018, was the first recognized International Day of Sign Languages. In honor of the event, IFES Inclusion Fellow Habmatu Buli recorded a message in Ethiopian Sign Language. The English translation is available below.   Hello, Selam!   [In American Sign Language] My name is Habtamu Buli. I am ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), conducted interviews with disability rights advocates who attended a meeting of the Task Force ...

The Victorian Electoral Commission produced a video for eligible Australians with information on how to enroll and vote. The video is accessible for persons with disabilities and includes Australian Sign Language (Auslan), with a voice over using plain English, and captions. A transcript of the video is available below.   (Transcript ...

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) produced this voter education video in 2018. It shows wordless and easy-to-read materials and provides information to empower voters with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and others to take part in the electoral process so they have a voice on issues such as public transportation. Voters ...

To address a growing lack of civic engagement among Tunisian youth, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) launched an original initiative called Hack4Democracy (H4D), a combination of democracy camps and hackathons which uses technology to engage youth in civic activism. IFES conducted six intensive four-day camps across Tunisia which ...

In 2014, the District of Columbia's Office of Disability Rights sponsored the production of a disability sensitivity training video. A transcript of the video is available below.    Male wheelchair user: Good morning, Bob. Male colleague: Good morning, there… big man. Colleague yells: Morning, Alice! Music: There’s no need to ...

Deaf Zimbabwe Trust produced an animated video with voting instructions for the 2018 Presidential, National Assembly and Councilor elections. Special attention will be given to persons with disabilities, elderly, pregnant and nursing mothers. 

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 ...