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Fiji: Ministry looks for women candidates

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IN an effort to ensure women have equal participation in decision making, the Ministry of Women is in the process of identifying potential women candidates for the general elections in 2014.

Minister for Women Dr Jiko Luveni revealed that her ministry had established liaisons with the provincial councils to develop a database of potential women candidates for the elections.

She said the exercise was to complement government's commitment as captured in Women's Plan of Action (2010 to 2019), to make women visible in formal decision making level.

 

Read the complete story in The Fiji Times, published 16 July 2012.

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IN an effort to ensure women have equal participation in decision making, the Ministry of Women is in the process of identifying potential women candidates for the general elections in 2014.

Minister for Women Dr Jiko Luveni revealed that her ministry had established liaisons with the provincial councils to develop a database of potential women candidates for the elections.

She said the exercise was to complement government's commitment as captured in Women's Plan of Action (2010 to 2019), to make women visible in formal decision making level.

 

Read the complete story in The Fiji Times, published 16 July 2012.

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