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.
To read the full article, please visit the Maghreb Arab Press Website.
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.
To read the full article, please visit the Maghreb Arab Press Website.