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IFES in the News / Press Releases

"Viewing Armenian Elections Through a Disability Lens"
May 25, 2003
IFES Article

"A Small Light Shines on Armenia's Troubled Elections"
March 28, 2003
IFES Article

"Salvadorans with Disabilities to Document Accessibility to Electoral Process"
March 13, 2003
IFES Press Release

"European Parliament Recognizes IFES Leadership on Electoral Access for Disabled"
February 2003
IFES Press Release

"Blind voters make use of pilot project in Kosovo"
October 25, 2002
OSCE Press Release

"Tactile Ballot Guide in Sierra Leone"
IFES Report
October 21, 2002

"A Vision for Voting in Sierra Leone"
The Ideas Industry; Richard Morin and Claudia Deane
September 17, 2002
The Washington Post

"International Conference Launches Global 'Bill of Electoral Rights for People with Disabilities'"
September 17, 2002
IFES/IDEA Press Release

"Post Election Seminar Report"
August 2002
Ghana Association of the Blind

"Lusaka Declaration by Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) on the 2001 Tripartite Elections"
April 5, 2002
Zambia Federation of the Disabled (ZAFOD)

"Ballot Guide Developed for Blind Voters in Ghana"
March 1, 2002
IFES Press Release

"Report on IFES-Sponsored Election Monitoring Project for the Zambia 2001 Tripartite Elections"
January 2002
Zambia Federation of the Disabled (ZAFOD)

"Finnish Grant Awarded to IFES' Disability Project"
January 4, 2002
IFES Press Release

"Intellectually Disabled Individuals Observe Nicaraguan National Elections"
November 13, 2001
IFES Press Release

Primary Statement on 8th Parliamentary Election Observation 2001 to be Incorporated in EMWG Report (in .pdf format)
Action on Disability and Development

October 2001

The Press Conference Statement by ADD on the Election Observation 2001 by the People with Disability (in .pdf format)
Action on Disability and Development
October 11, 2001

Mukopola, John "Disability Organisations to Engage in Voter Education"
"KEPA Partner Newsletter"
September 2001

"The Right to Vote for People with Disabilities"
Disability Organization Observation Report
July 2001
APPRODIS

"Political Access for People with Disabilities in Bangladesh"
"Regional Update, Issue 9"
July-September 2001
Disabled People's International Asia Pacific Region Office

"Disabled say should be helped to exercise franchise"
January 15, 2001
Ghana Review International

"Statement on the Conduct of the 28 December 2000 Presidential Run-off Elections in Ghana"
January 3, 2001
ADD/FODA Domestic Election Observer Group

"Citizens With Disabilities Observe Ghana's National Elections"
December 26, 2000
IFES Press Release

Schriner, Kay. "Kosovo Elections Made More Accessible"
Disability World, Issue #5
October-December 2000

"Election Observers head to the Dominican Republic"
May 11, 2000
IFES Press Release

"Finnish Government Provides Funding to Promote Political Empowerment for People with Disabilities"
1999
Disability News Service

"Association of Caribbean Electoral Organizations"
1999
IFES 1998 Annual Report

"San Juan Declaration on the Political Rights of Persons with Disabilities"
April 1, 1998
Association of Caribbean Electoral Organizations

"The Founding General Assembly of the Association of Caribbean Electoral Organizations Agenda"
March 30-April 1, 1998
Association of Caribbean Electoral Organizations Agenda


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