The 2012 elections in American Samoa will include the highest number of female candidates in the Territory’s history.
60 candidates are vying for the 20 House of Representatives seats.
WOMEN in the Western Division have been encouraged to become more involved in the electoral process as the country prepares for the 2014 elections.
The head of the United Nations Development Programme says her organisation will happily support MPs who want to re-introduce legislation to increase women’s political representation.
Across the Pacific, only about 5 percent of parliamentarians are women.
Women members of prominent NGOs, representatives of political parties and activists attended a discussion forum where speakers demanded that political parties include in their election manifestos issues related to women.
MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel has given an assurance that the party would also select women as candidates in the coming general election (GE).
He hoped Wanita MIC members would dismiss unfounded rumours that the party would not field female candidates in the GE.
US Department of State's Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women Issues Melanne Verveer will launch Grassroots Women's Political Leadership Forum: South Asia Regional Women's Political Leadership Summit at the Asian University of Women in Chittagong on Sept 9.
Vice-chairperson of the CPN-UML, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has stressed on promoting women's representation in the national politics for ensuring their rights.
Haghighatjoo, who holds a doctorate in psychology, served in the Iranian Parliament for four years beginning in 2000.
Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) is to present a private member's motion in parliament to protect women and child rights in the country.