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    MENA | Status of Women in the Middle East and North Africa

    IFES and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) have united their years of experience in research and capacity building to enhance the status of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Through comparative and country‐specific surveys, the project measures how women in Lebanon, Morocco and Yemen see themselves as members of society, the economy and the polity. Using the information obtained from the surveys, the project seeks to build capacity of local NGOs seeking to improve women’s well‐being by providing them with tools to develop policy recommendations and skills for working on advocacy campaigns.

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    Gender Issues, Civil Society, Civic Education, Education, Public Opinion

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Jordan

Since King Abdullah was sworn in as king in 1999, Jordan has seen its first parliamentary elections 2003 and its first local elections in 2007. Despite bombings and attacks, the King presses forward with his 10-year program for political, social and economic reform.

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Lebanon

Lebanon’s complex electoral structure was designed to achieve a balance in ensuring political representation for the country’s different religious groups.  With the exception of the period during the 1974-1989 civil war, multi-party elections have been held regularly since the 1920s. The most recent parliamentary elections were held in June 2009 and local elections took place in May 2010.

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Democracy Assistance

Democracy assistance can be defined as the legal, technical and logistic support provided to electoral laws, processes and institutions.

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The Middle East and North Africa continue to show signs of political liberalization and democratic development, despite current challenges. IFES has worked in the Middle East and North Africa for more than a decade with experience in Algeria, Tunisia, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Egypt, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and Yemen.

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