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A woman in Libya proudly shows her ink-stained finger as proof she voted in the 2012 General National Congress elections. ©IFES
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A small group of women teach other women how to vote. The group pictured is part of a nationwide effort by IFES and Guinean women to include women living in rural areas. ©IFES
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Women in Honduras hold their hands high, showing the indelible ink after casting their ballots in the November 2012 primary elections. ©IFES
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Participants in IFES' advocacy training program gather for a photo at the conclusion of the workshop in Papua New Guinea. ©IFES
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An Aymara native woman in the town of Unduavi, 30 miles from the capital city of La Paz, shows an empty ballot in the Bolivian elections for all new members of the judicial system, the first election of its kind for her country. © Patricio Croo
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A group of young men holding a poster for a campaign against female infanticide in a small community in Jaipur, Rajasthan, led by the Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE). ©IFES
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A group of Kurdish women peace activists at a protest in Istanbul. ©Nela Milic
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Women register to vote at the Sik Hadit Market Referendum Centre in Aweil Town, South Sudan. Despite early concerns that women were underrepresented, they became the voting majority after the first few days of voter registration drives © Jenn Wa
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A woman election official in Egypt helps a voter find his name on the voter registration list. © Mosa'ab Elshamy
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A polling official assists an elderly voter find which mesa (voting table) she is assigned to in Puerto Perez, Bolivia, near the border with Peru during national elections in December 2009. ©Deborah Hakes
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A poll worker in Tunisia stands next to a full ballot box at the end of Election Day concluding the 2011 Constituent Assembly elections. ©IFES
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In many countries women face barriers to obtain national and voter ID cards. In Senegal, it is required to have a photo ID to vote. These women display their ID cards. ©IFES
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A group of freed Kamaiya women (freed bonded laborers) participate in a community education program on voter registration led by IFES' partner, Nepal National Social Welfare Association, in Dhangadi, Nepal. Men and women both participated in the program.