Political parties have announced deputy candidate lists. Women organizations argue that female deputy candidates were placed in the least likely spots on the lists to be elected and were used like filling materials. Daily Hürriyet dittoed the issue on April 13, “Demanding 275 female deputies in Parliament, which is half of 550 in total, and launching a campaign in this direction, the Righteous Women Platform is not satisfied with the number of women candidates. The platform announced in a statement ‘Equal representation of women in the next Parliament to be formed after June 12 2011 elections will not be achieved.’”
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Political parties have announced deputy candidate lists. Women organizations argue that female deputy candidates were placed in the least likely spots on the lists to be elected and were used like filling materials. Daily Hürriyet dittoed the issue on April 13, “Demanding 275 female deputies in Parliament, which is half of 550 in total, and launching a campaign in this direction, the Righteous Women Platform is not satisfied with the number of women candidates. The platform announced in a statement ‘Equal representation of women in the next Parliament to be formed after June 12 2011 elections will not be achieved.’”
To read the complete article please visit Hurriyet Daily News.