6 hours agoOut of 167 candidates for mayors, only 13 are women
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The Coalition of Election Monitoring Organisations, Democracy in Action, has once again criticised the approach of political subjects to promote democracy and gender equality. According to DnV data, out of 167 candidates for mayors, only 13 are women or less than 8 percent. And of a total of 270 carriers [...]
According to DnV data, out of 167 candidates for mayors, only 13 are women or less than 8 percent. While, out of a total of 270 holders of political subjects' lists, women are entrusted with this position in only 34 cases.
Women's involvement is not good even on electoral lists, according to the model ézeberé é where each candidate belongs to the other gender, political subjects even in these elections are well enough to respect the almost minimal legal criteria of 30%. Of the 5,293 candidates certified for municipal assemblies, only 1,943 of them are women, or only about 37%, according to DnV.
“Democracy in Action reminds political subjects that women make up half of the country's population, so their bypass does not serve democratisation of parties and gender equality and offering equal opportunities for both genders”, it is said in their response.
