Vanuatu: All female candidates miss out in Vanuatu election
None of the 10 women who contested the Vanuatu national election on Tuesday have succeeded in winning a seat.
The country's electoral commission won't announce the final results until next week, but according to unofficial counts none of the 52 seats in parliament will go to a female candidate.
Jenny Ligo, one of five women running in the capital Port Vila, said they failed to get the backing of female voters.
Read more at Radio Australia, published 2 November 2012.
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