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After a meeting between leaders of Cameroon™s civil society organizations and Electoral Board on how to enhance the participation of women in the electoral process, a civil society leader talks to the press while board members look on. © Thad
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Female voters dressed in burqas cast their ballots in a dedicated polling station for women in Sana™a, Yemen. © Philippe De Bard
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An Assistant Presiding Officer in Islamabad, Pakistan, detaches the ballot paper from counterfoil during the May 2013 general elections. © Julia Teixeira
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During the May 13, 2013 Philippine National and Local Elections, Board of Election Inspectors tear unused ballots in half, lengthwise, and place them in separate envelops following the end of voting. © Lea Jordan
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Women participate as volunteers during the second inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama January 2013.
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Poll workers in the province capital Semarang celebrate the May 2013 Central Java Gubernatorial Election in traditional lace-dress.
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Women with disabilities listen during a voter education workshop in the Chivi district of Zimbabwe in February 2012. © Lovemore Rambiyawo
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A woman campaigns at a rally in Berbera in the lead up to Somaliland™s local council elections in November 2012. © Kate Stanworth
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Female detainees vote for local and national candidates in a special polling place set up inside Manila City Jail during the Philippines™ May 2013 automated elections. © Cicero Roy Lagarde
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An elderly woman displays her inked finger after voting in the July 2012 parliamentary elections in Timor Leste. © Carla Luis