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Where do young politically affiliated young Women draw the line between Party's interest and Women's rights?
Submitted by melkareh on Mon, 2009-11-23 13:09
Hello all, I have started this discussion to be able to get you opinions on the role,strengths,weaknesses, and challenges of young women affiliated to parties in their representation and involvment in the political life. I am here more concerned about when to draw the line between being a woman running for office and being a woman "representing a party" running for office. How would being a woman affect our decisions in our political involvments? Women who are elected without quotas are reluctant to the idea. How do we understand this? I hope to get you insightful comments on this issue for in my opinion , it could help us understand the difference between struggling for women's causes and striving for general causes as Women! Thanks, melkareh PS: I Have also a discussion circle on the topic if you would like to join it.
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Comment by precious on Tue, 2010-11-30 12:10.
Mainstreaming rights approach

If a party truly recognises human rights for all then there should not be a problem between women's rights or anyone else's rights.A healthy discussion and negotiation should take place to decide on priorities and what is achievable for the party at a given time.

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Comment by Petro Nel on Tue, 2010-11-30 12:04.
dealing with dichotomy of party politics or women's agenda

I am not a young woman - but work with many women within my party.  My viewpoint is - when you join a specific political party - the party and the party's mission and vision comes first. This should pave the path for all your political decisions first and foremost. Being a woman and the special way you think and react to situations and problems already ensures that you always have women's interests at heart without ''showing'' it off to the world. 

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Comment by Iqbal Tamimi on Wed, 2010-11-24 12:18.
Where do young politically affiliated young Women draw the line

I believe, regardless whether you are a woman or a man, if you plan to be an active partner in democracy, you have to consider equity and justice as your priority, first and most of all in any case debated, regardless of  gender . After all, women are mothers, and they fight for the best for  their sons and for their daughters, which means they should never consider tackling only feminine issues or focussing only on women complaints. Regardless if they were in through the quota system or through free elections, or as part of a political party or as an independent candidate it does not matter. 

Surely you would know the policies by each political party in your country and you can anticipate the amount of support or interest they have to improve women's lives. If all the political parties available show little interest in women's issues, you better start thinking of creating a new party that respects at least half the nation.

Iqbal Tamimi

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