The All Women Action Society (Awam) welcomes the state of Selangor's initiative to make it compulsory to have 30 percent of members of the local council be women, from the Jan 1, 2014.
This is a necessary step to even out an uneven playing field as women's representation in politics has consistently been poor.
However, Awam would also like to highlight that there still exists systemic obstacles to women's political participation.
We invite our users to read the full article published July 31 2013
The All Women Action Society (Awam) welcomes the state of Selangor's initiative to make it compulsory to have 30 percent of members of the local council be women, from the Jan 1, 2014.
This is a necessary step to even out an uneven playing field as women's representation in politics has consistently been poor.
However, Awam would also like to highlight that there still exists systemic obstacles to women's political participation.
We invite our users to read the full article published July 31 2013