Yesterday, the preliminary results for Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) elections showed that women had acquired 33 out of the 200 available seats in the GNC. This means that women only make up 16.5% of the governing body that will replace Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC).
Over 600 women ran in the GNC elections. Of the 33 elected, only one was an independent candidate, while the others were members of party lists.
“The UN stipulated that 50% of the people represented on party lists had to be women,” stated Amina Mghirbi, a newly elected congresswoman and a member of the National Forces Alliance. She added that this percentage of female participation, coupled with some extent of arbitrariness in the voting, is what led to some of the female politicians’ success.
Read the complete story at tunisialive, published 19 July 2012.
Yesterday, the preliminary results for Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) elections showed that women had acquired 33 out of the 200 available seats in the GNC. This means that women only make up 16.5% of the governing body that will replace Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC).
Over 600 women ran in the GNC elections. Of the 33 elected, only one was an independent candidate, while the others were members of party lists.
“The UN stipulated that 50% of the people represented on party lists had to be women,” stated Amina Mghirbi, a newly elected congresswoman and a member of the National Forces Alliance. She added that this percentage of female participation, coupled with some extent of arbitrariness in the voting, is what led to some of the female politicians’ success.
Read the complete story at tunisialive, published 19 July 2012.