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IFES President and CEO Anthony Banbury meeting with IEBC CEO, Marjan Hussein Marjan

IFES AND IEBC PARTNER TO TRACK HATE IN KENYA

IFES and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen IEBC’s monitoring of electoral hate speech. IFES is supporting the IEBC through a custom-developed hate speech monitoring tool that pairs cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on locally sourced data with robust ethics and transparency principles.

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Participants of the Youth SPACE program in Goroka, Papua New Guinea pose as a group with their certificates.

CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

The United Nations celebrates International Youth Day (IYD) every year on Aug. 12 to draw global attention to the positive contributions that young people make to their communities.

This year, given the theme of Intergenerational Solidarity, IFES hosted a discussion on intergenerational advocacy and highlighted young changemakers through a month-long social media campaign on the IFES Youth Twitter page and the IFES Global Twitter and Facebook accounts.

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A woman from the Indigenous community casts her vote during the 2021 Ecuador general elections. © Sipa USA via AP

IFES CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

In 2022, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples recognized the important role that Indigenous women play in preserving and sharing traditional knowledge. IFES works with Indigenous Peoples and representative organizations around the world to support their participation in elections and other decision-making processes by advancing more inclusive processes.

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Collaborating in Senegal over sign language lexicon

IFES COLLABORATES WITH DEAF PERSONS ASSOCIATIONS TO DEVELOP FIRST SIGN LANGUAGE ELECTORAL LEXICON IN SENEGAL

As part of the USAID Elections Support Program in Senegal – implemented by the Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) – IFES is working with election management bodies to enhance their communications practices to be more inclusive of traditionally underrepresented groups.

In April 2022, IFES convened representatives of the Deaf community in Senegal to develop a sign language lexicon of electoral terms. Closing this gap in accessible public information involved building a vocabulary with which sign language users could learn about key electoral processes and engage in discussions and debates around electoral issues.

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Sorting ballots in Senegal

ELECTIONS IN SENEGAL: 2022 LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS

On July 31, Senegal voted for representatives to fill 165 seats in the National Assembly for five-year terms.

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Brazil: Aqui Acontence reported on IFES President Tony Banbury’s meeting with Justice Edson Fachin, Head of Brazil's electoral court.

Kenya: US News & World Report reported on the Kenya general elections, featuring an interview with IFES President Tony Banbury.

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