Morocco: Over 20,000 Women to Run for 2009 Local Elections
20,458 women will run for the 2009 local elections, that is a share of 15.7% compared to only 4.8% in 2003, director of elections at the Interior Ministry, Hassan Aghmari, revealed on Monday.These candidates are split between ordinary electoral constituencies (5,178) and additional electoral constituencies for women (15,280), Aghmari said at a press briefing on local elections, slated for June 12th.
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