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News related to the inclusion of persons with disabilities in elections and other political processes, such as research, technological advancements, and inclusive efforts for upcoming elections.
AGENDA-KPU Audience Meeting on Regional Dialogue published on KPU Home Page
January 7, 2015
On 9th October 2014 AGENDA representatives that lead by Chris Donn met with Commissioner KPU-RI Sigit Pamungkas to discuss potential cooperation between KPU-RI and AGENDA to hold regional conference on disability access particularly on election. It’s going to be the 3rd regional conference organized by AGENDA. The conference aims to enhance accessible election…
Research on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
January 5, 2015
In the period of December 10 – 24, 2014 AGENDA conduct 24 in-depth interviews and three Focus Group Discussions (FGD) for the AGENDA research on political rights of persons with disabilities in Jakarta, Makassar (South Sulawesi) and Banda Aceh (Aceh). Those activities were part of AGENDA qualitative research project related to political participation…
AGENDA on Bali Civil Society Forum 2014
October 10, 2014
On 8-9 October AGENDA Disability Rights Advisor (PPDI) Risnawati U and Senior Program Officer (IFES) Erni A participated in Bali Civil Society Forum in a back-to-back program with Bali Democracy Forum VII. The program was devoted to…
Conference on the Inclusion of Persons with disabilities in the Electoral Processes in Islamabad, Pakistan
September 4, 2014
On 3-4 September, AGENDA’s Disability Rights Adviser acted as one of the speakers at a “Conference on the Inclusion of Persons with disabilities in the Electoral Processes” in Islamabad, Pakistan. Her session is on ‘Electoral Participation of Person with Disabilities, Why Should the Disability Communities Talk About Political Rights?'. In her session she…
Global Media Forum: The Role of Media in Realizing the Future We Want For All
September 2, 2014
On 26-28 August 2014 AGENDA participated in the Global Media Forum in Bali, organized by UNESCO and the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies. The forum aims to contribute to the ongoing international debate about the importance of media and information and communication technologies for peace and sustainable development. With its overarching…
AGENDA’s Project Manager provided presentation on IDPP annual meeting
August 20, 2014
On 20 August, spoke on presidential elections in Indonesia and access to the political process for persons with disabilities at the 2014 IDPP annual meeting hosted by the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur in cooperation with the American University as part of subject matter expert that deliver by expert lectures. The presentation…
Observing the 2014 Presidential Election
July 10, 2014
Indonesia held a presidential election on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Election Day was a national holiday, with voting taking place from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Vote counting took place after 1:00 p.m. at the polling station. All citizens of…
Presidential Election Monitoring Findings
July 9, 2014
AGENDA/JPPR organized a press conference on 9 July in the afternoon at the Media Center of the National KPU to share its monitoring findings and provided a statement on the level of accessibility of the election. Results for the conference included the collected information as of 12.30 pm from the field. By 12.30…
Monitoring Accessible Presidential Election in Aceh, South Kalimantan, Central Java, South Sulawesi and Jakarta
July 9, 2014
On 9 July, AGENDA/JPPR mobilized 300 trained observers to monitor the Presidential Election in five provinces (Aceh, Jakarta, Central Java, South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi). Half of the election monitors, organized by AGENDA’s partner JPPR, were persons with disabilities and 36% of the observers were female. Three different checklists/surveys with 72 questions in…
