IFES on Elections
By IFES
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Podcast Description
IFES on Elections offers analysis on current elections and democracy issues, as well as insight into the electoral process and ways to improve it. The podcasts feature IFES election experts sharing their perspective in a concise manner. Look for our Podcast in the iTunes Store.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoCombating Electoral Fraud by Defining It | In this podcast, Chad Vickery, IFES Regional Director for Europe & Asia, tells us about groundbreaking new definitions of electoral fraud and malpractice and how they will contribute to the field of elections. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoPromoting Election Security: Technology, Mapping and Citizen Participation | In this podcast, Lisa Kammerud, IFES Research Officer, talks to us about different forms of election violence and ways to mitigate them. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoA Managed Transition: Yemen's Unique Reform Model | In this podcast, Grant Kippen, IFES Chief of Party in Yemen talks to us about Yemen's transition's process and the importance of the February 21 election. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Video22 Years Since Violeta Chamorro: Women's Political Participation in Latin America Today | . Rafael Lopez-Pintor, former IFES Chief of Party in Nicaragua and special adviser on the electoral cycle, talks to us about recent developments in the path to increased female political participation and tells us how it compares to Violeta Chamorro's ten | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoMarking Political Progress in Zimbabwe | Staffan Darnolf, IFES Chief of Party in Zimbabwe, talks about Zimbabwe's unity government and the status of upcoming elections. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoWomen in Government: Raising Half is Raising All | Stephenie Foster, IFES gender consultant, talks about female political participation around the world. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSenegal's Presidential Election: Broken Promises and Protests | Abigail Wilson, IFES Deputy Director for Africa, talks about Senegal's electoral system and preparations for the presidential election. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoBefore and After the Arab Spring | Michael Svetlik, IFES Vice President of Programs, talks about the Middle East and North Africa region's quest for democracy. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoRussia's Democratic Awakening | Irina Zaslavskaya, IFES Program Officer for Europe and Asia, talks about helping empower the first post-Soviet election management bodies in Russia in light of the upcoming presidential election. | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Video2011 Joe C. Baxter Award Winner on Democracy in Latin America | Delia Ferreira Rubio, an international expert on political finance, answers a few questions about transparency and accountability in the Americas. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoSnap Elections and Kazakhstani Democracy | Anthony Bowyer, IFES Program Manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, talks about the effect of early parliamentary elections on political parties and democracy in Kazakhstan. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoICC's Investigation into Post-Election Violence in Cote d'Ivoire | Almami Cyllah, IFES Regional Director for Africa, tells us how the ICC investigation might impact Cote d'Ivoire. | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoKyrgyzstan's Upcoming Election | Anthony Bowyer, IFES Program Manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, tells us why all eyes are once again on Kyrgyzstan. | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoDemocracy in Russia: Inching Toward Progress? | Irina Zaslavskaya, Program Officer for IFES' Europe and Asia division and a native of St. Petersburg, shares her memories of Russia's failed August 1991 coup. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoSouth Sudan's Journey to Independence | Almami Cyllah, IFES Regional Director for Africa, talks to us about South Sudan's independence. | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoAlbania's Momentous Mayoral Election | Anthony Bowyer, IFES Program Manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, talks to us about this election. | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoHaiti's Much Improved Second Round of Elections | Sophie Lagueny, IFES chief of party in Haiti, talks to us from Port-au-Prince about the runoff, the improvements that were seen between the first and second rounds of these elections, and the success of the "Where to Vote" campaign. | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoElections Do Not Make a Democracy | Michael Svetlik, IFES vice president for programs, talks to us about the trend of holding sham elections and the reasons why the practice is increasing. | 2/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoKazakh Leader Comes Closer to becoming 'President for Life' | Anthony Bowyer, IFES Program Manager for the Caucasus and Central Asia, talks to us about this referendum and what it might mean for the country and the region. | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoRuling of the Palestinian High Court on Cancelling Elections in the Territories | Vladimir Pran, IFES chief of party in West Bank/Gaza, speaks to us from the West Bank about the Palestinian High Court's final verdict on the lawsuit against the Palestinian Authority Council of Ministers decision to cancel local elections. | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoGuinea Pushes Towards the Runoff of its First Accepted Election | Elizabeth Cote, IFES chief of party in Guinea, speaks to us from Conakry about the latest developments in the preparation for the runoff, the difficulties that have been experienced in regards to these elections, and the overall mood in Guinea. | 10/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoUnprecedented Steps to Address Kenya's 2007-08 Election Violence | In this podcast, Lisa Kammerud, IFES research officer specializing in election violence monitoring, tells us what these developments mean for Kenya and the prosecution of electoral violence in general. | 10/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoThe Role of the International Community in Deterring Fraud | This podcast, the third in a series of three, features Alan Wall, IFES chief of party in Nepal. Mr. Wall shares insight into what the international community can do to deter fraud. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoPreventing Election Fraud | Staffan Darnolf, IFES senior election advisor, talks to us about the consuming effect of election fraud and the steps that can be taken to prevent it. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoDefining and Persecuting Election Fraud | In this podcast, the first in a series of three podcasts on election fraud, Rafael Lopez-Pintor, tells us what election fraud is and how it can be persecuted in legal courts. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 25 Episodes |
