Amending the municipality candidacy conditions for married women

Date of Mouvement: 
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

19 September 2017 – The Parliament passed a bill allowing married women to run for municipal office in their hometowns instead of having to run in their husbands’ hometowns. Yet, these amendments remained silent on the Ministry of Women’s Affairs’ proposal to have a 30% quota for women in elections.

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