Iraq: Changes in Iraq Election Law Weaken Quota for Women

Iraq: Changes in Iraq Election Law Weaken Quota for Women

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2009-01-14 10:27

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A little more than two weeks before Iraq’s provincial elections, there is widening anger that the published version of the election law has only a weak provision to set aside seats for women. Early versions of the law, which governs the election of Iraq’s 18 provincial councils, included a firm guarantee that women would have at least 25 percent of the seats — the same percentage mandated by the Constitution for the numbers of women in Parliament.

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