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 Afghanistan Elections vote billboardWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You need to vote in the province named on your registration card. Our country, our future, our vote. |  Afghanistan Elections vote billboardWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You need to vote in the province named on your registration card. Our country, our future, our vote. |
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 Afghanistan Elections registrationWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You need to vote in the province named on your registration card. Our country, our future, our vote. Billboard |  Afghanistan Elections registrationWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You need to vote in the province named on your registration card. Our country, our future, our vote. Billboard |
 Afghanistan Elections vote bannerVote in the Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Our country, our future, our vote. |  Afghanistan Elections vote bannerVote in the Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Our country, our future, our vote. |
 Afghanistan Elections vote banner |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Your vote is secret. Our Country, our future, our vote. Poster and leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Your vote is secret. Our Country, our future, our vote. Poster and leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You can only vote in your province. Our Country, our future, our vote. Poster and leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Cartoon with question and answer dialogue on how and where to vote. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Poster |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Dear Mothers and sisters, your vote is in valuable for the future of your country. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Poster |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Bubbles to be filled with time and polling station information for each province. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Poster |  Afghanistan ElectionsPresidential Election. Bubbles to be filled with time and polling station information for each province. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Poster |
 Afghanistan Elections posterWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. How to mark your ballot correctly. Our country, our future, our vote. |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. How to carefully choose your candidates symbol. Our country, our future, our vote. Poster |  Afghanistan ElectionsPresidential Election posters. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You can only vote in the province named on your registration card. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Poster and leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections posters. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Dear brothers, for Afghanistan's future, women's votes are as important as yours. Vote and participate in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections leaflets. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. If you have questions about the elections call the Voter Information Centre. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You will cast 2 ballots. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You will cast 2 ballots. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You need to have your registration card to vote. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You must register and vote in person. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections leaflets. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You can only vote in person. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. There are separate registration sites for women and men. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. You can only have one registration card. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections leaflets. |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Questions and answers about registration. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Keep your registration card safe, you will need it for future elections. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. All able and disabled Afghans have the right to vote. Vote and take part in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Voting steps. Our country, our future, our vote. Leaflet |
 Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections. Disabled and blind voters can ask for assistance. Leaflet |  Afghanistan ElectionsWolesi Jirga and Provincial Council Elections leaflets and posters. |
“Karen performed an outstanding job in Kabul, leading a team of National designers with an effective ability to team working. She always demonstrated a high level of commitment to project delivery. The quality of outputs (posters, leaflets, manuals, etc.) of her Graphic Design unit was very much valued.”
- Jérôme Leyraud, Senior Electoral Advisor
UNDP, Afghanistan
Client: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), UNDP, UNOPS
Joint Electoral Management Body Secretariat (JEMBS), Afghanistan
Project: Afghanistan National (Wolesi Jirga)
and Provincial Elections
Billboards, banners, posters & leaflets
Products: Media kits, posters, leaflets, billboards, banners, stickers, publications, brochures, newsletters, training flip charts, training manuals, cartoon strips, animations, magazine and newspaper inserts, PSAs, exhibits for media centre
Languages: Dari and Pashto
The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of National Assembly) and Provincial Council elections were held in 2005. It was the second time democratic elections had been held in this vast and unstable country.
In coordination with the Joint Electoral Management Body Secretariat (JEMBS) and our design team we produced and disseminated a wide variety of print, audio and visual public outreach materials to ensure informed participation. These materials were designed to provide important information and key messages about the electoral process to Afghan voters and detailed training materials for electoral officials. The focus was on providing potential voters a clear understanding of the government’s transitional process, registration, polling and counting processes and encouraging Afghan citizens to participate in the elections.
One of the major challenges was to communicate a complex electoral process reaching an ethnically diverse audience of 12 million with a 64% illiteracy rate. In addition, many cultural sensitivities exist such as: women and men must not be shown together or portraying one ethnic group over another. Illustrations and cartoons were best way to depict this diverse environment. The artwork and messages were hand illustrated by Afghan artists illustrating the range of Afghanistan’s ethnicity, regional and cultural differences. Leaflets were designed two-sided; in some cases women on one side, men on the other; in other cases one side would be in Dari, the other in Pashto.
"Officials believe that the use of cartoons and info-graphics during registration helped educate the people." - BBC News
In a male dominated society where women’s rights are restricted we designed campaigns targeted towards women, many of these materials were directed towards the male community relaying the importance of women’s votes and encouraging them to ensure the women in their community voted. 41% of women registered to vote.
Design team: Karen Kelleher Carneiro, Brad Becker,
Damir Midzic, Maggie Lamb, Sandi Causevic,
Míša Alexander and Saboor
Illustrations: Toby Gibson, Ghulam Seddiq and Alef Alef
Photography: Marie Frechon