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Through its groundbreaking Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign, ¶¥¼¶¹ú²úÊÓƵ partners with city leaders worldwide to raise awareness about women’s right to access information and to help cities reach women with valuable information and essential municipal services.  

Access to this information empowers women with a stronger voice, enabling them to participate in public life, utilize public services, and make more informed decisions for themselves, their families, and their communities. In Peru, the project has partnered with the city of Lima. 

The Carter Center first partnered with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) to observe Peru’s 2000 presidential election because of concerns about the fairness, safety, and legitimacy of the electoral process. The then Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori later fled the country amid a corruption scandal and, from exile in Japan, resigned the presidency. 

The Center returnedÌýtoÌýmonitorÌýtheÌý2001Ìýpresidential mission. Information aboutÌýbothÌýthese electionsÌýis available inÌýourÌýpublications section.Ìý

The Center also deployed a study mission for elections in 2016, during which we met with political leaders, institutional authorities, researchers, and journalists to understand public opinion and election day trends.  

¶¥¼¶¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) initiated a forum among five Andean countries —Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia — and the U.S. in 2010. 

Impacts 

Through frank and open dialogue, participants: 

• IdentifiedÌýa common agenda for the six countriesÌý

• Addressed misperceptions and misunderstandingsÌý

• Proposed innovative solutions to problematic issuesÌý

• Explored the possibility of bilateral dialogues between pairs of countries with tense relationsÌýÌý

This project ended in 2011.