Nicaragua Gender Breakdown of Observers

Nicaragua Gender Breakdown of Observers

Country: 
Year: 
2016
Level of government: 
National

When designing their observation methodology and recruiting observers, Panorama Electoral placed a high priority on ensuring there was a gender balance in their observers. As the graph below shows, they were able to meet that goal: their full complement of observers, from both pre-election and election day observation periods, showed even representation of men and women. 

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