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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">PDF Members, Partners and Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Forwarding the email below for your information, particularly our members and partners in Fiji with the election coming up on 14 November 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 24 October 2018 7:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IDA_CRPD_Forum] IFES Launches New Tool to Promote Disability-Inclusive Election Observation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear IDA colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am pleased to announce the launch of IFES’
<i>Election Access Observation Toolkit</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Election access observations are a great way to build political leadership skills of DPOs and to give election management bodies concrete, evidence-based recommendations for improving access. The tool can be downloaded
at this link: <a href="https://www.ifes.org/publications/election-access-observation-toolkit">
https://www.ifes.org/publications/election-access-observation-toolkit</a> as well as below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks to the numerous DPOs who provided support to the development of this tool.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">All the best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">Virginia Atkinson | Inclusion Advisor
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">2011 Crystal Drive, Tenth Floor | Arlington, VA | </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.ifes.org/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">www.IFES.org</span></a>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">According to the World Health Organization, one out of every seven people in the world has a disability, yet citizens with disabilities remain underrepresented in political life as voters, election observers,
candidates and election officials. Mainstream observer groups often do not hire people with disabilities to serve as observers and only include basic, if any, questions on access for people with disabilities in their checklists. To ensure election observations
account for the various barriers that women and men with disabilities encounter, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), along with disabled person’s organization (DPO) partners around the world, has developed an
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<p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Drawing upon IFES’ experience conducting dozens of election access observations in countries around the world and international and regional standards for inclusive elections, the
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">An illustrative list of disability-inclusive questions that could be added to the observation checklists of mainstream observers; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
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<p><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Case studies demonstrating good practices from around the world are highlighted throughout the toolkit. The publication is currently available in English and will be translated into Arabic, Farsi
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