Papua New Guinea's only female MP, Dame Carol Kidu, says she is cautiously optimistic women will run in the 2012 election, but fears the move could be swamped by the Supreme Court's upcoming verdict on the government's legitimacy.
PNG's parliament last week passed the Equality and Participation Bill, a change to the constitution guaranteeing women up to 22 seats in the parliament after the June 2012 election. However, a "nuts and bolts" law defining boundaries for the new electorates has yet to pass.
Read the whole story at Business Spectator, published November 27, 2011.
Papua New Guinea's only female MP, Dame Carol Kidu, says she is cautiously optimistic women will run in the 2012 election, but fears the move could be swamped by the Supreme Court's upcoming verdict on the government's legitimacy.
PNG's parliament last week passed the Equality and Participation Bill, a change to the constitution guaranteeing women up to 22 seats in the parliament after the June 2012 election. However, a "nuts and bolts" law defining boundaries for the new electorates has yet to pass.
Read the whole story at Business Spectator, published November 27, 2011.