Special Focus
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Special Focus - current
Women and elections
Women have a critical role to play in elections to have their voice heard, both as voters and as elected representatives. Still, while more and more women vote, fewer are elected officials. This Special Focus looks at the role of women in elections, drawing on articles from various situations around the world; for example, the recent general election in Pakistan, where women voted in record numbers in many parts of the country despite restrictions imposed through family tradition, political party orders, and the threat of Taliban violence; or the case of Indonesia, where female candidates running for next year’s legislative election are now rushing to learn campaign strategies. And many more...
Special focus in the news
- Iranian Cleric: Woman Can't Be President (Huffington Post 16.05.2013)
- Iranian cleric says women cannot be president, woman’s name on ballot ‘not allowed’ (The Washington Post 16.05.2013)
- Only 6 of 150 women candidates win NA seats: Report (The Express Tribune 16.05.2013)
- By-elections in four village panachayats announced (The Times of India 15.05.2013)
- Pakistan’s Elections Give Grounds for Hope (Asia Foundation 15.05.2013)
- Technology helps Pakistan to ‘fairest’ polls (The Express Tribune 15.05.2013)
- Female candidates rush to learn campaign strategies (The Jakarta Post 14.05.2013)
- Lebanon: feminists lobby for 30% female MP quota (Ansamed.info 14.05.2013)
- 14 women make it to the assemblies in election 2013 (Pakistan Today 14.05.2013)
- Women and Democracy in Pakistan: How Dreams are Stronger than Fear Patheos 14.05.2013)
- Struggling to be heard: women in the context of elections (The Express Tribune 11.05.2013)
- Pakistanis Explain What the Election Means to Them (The New York Times 11.05.2013)
- Pakistani women defy clerics and custom in elections (The Guardian 10.05.2013)
- Pakistan's female election candidates have bags of confidence (The Guardian 09.05.2013)
- Pakistan election: what do women want? Food, freedom and peace (The Guardian 09.05.2013)
- Election: Woman Registers As Candidate for Iran Presidency (Voice of America 08.05.2013)
- To better represent women, Indonesia should borrow a page from East Timor (Pacific Scoop 08.05.2013)
