The electoral process needs to be simplified since women have to go through great challenges during the current process of voting in the country, said Sharmila Farooqui, Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister (CM). She was addressing a dialogue session on challenges and obstacles in women’s right to vote. The event was organised by the Aurat Foundation.As a general practice, most women do not vote according to their own choices and male members of the family impose their own choices on them, Farooqui said. She said that the reason for this was the lack of education and women’s unawareness of their own rights.
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The electoral process needs to be simplified since women have to go through great challenges during the current process of voting in the country, said Sharmila Farooqui, Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister (CM). She was addressing a dialogue session on challenges and obstacles in women’s right to vote. The event was organised by the Aurat Foundation.As a general practice, most women do not vote according to their own choices and male members of the family impose their own choices on them, Farooqui said. She said that the reason for this was the lack of education and women’s unawareness of their own rights.
To read the complete article please visit The News website.