Papua New Guinea

Political leaders in Papua New Guinea are looking at measures to get more women elected to Parliament. In the latest election just one woman, Dame Carol Kidu, who has been a member for the previous two terms, got in.
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The effort to increase women’s representation was taken off the table after it ran into political opposition. It is due to be introduced next session, but scheduled repairs to parliament house mean sittings may be delayed .
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A politician in the autonomous Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville, Elizabeth Burain says special women’s seats in parliament have helped change attitudes and represent a victory for women. Ms Burain was elected last year to one of Bougainville’s three reserved women’s seats, brought in under the constitution in 2004. She’s told a gathering of Pacific women politicians in Wellington that the special seats have meant it’s increasingly recognised that women take on public roles.

PRESS RELEASE UNITED NATIONS, PNG

Women debate national issues with vigour at first ever Practice Parliament for Women

27 April 2012

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