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2012-01-29 Africa North

Libya's NTC Adopts Election Law, Abandons Quota for Women

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Posted by Fred 2012-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 Actually, this could be a better way. Reserving a percent of a parliament for any group is a bad idea, because it gives people a license to legislate with little or no support.

What they did, requiring political parties to have an equal slate of men and women candidates is a much better choice. Especially because women have been enfranchised in Libya since the early 1960s, which became much more popular with the ascendancy of Qaddafi.

This likely means that there is no great bias against women holding office, except by hardcore Islamists, and they might actually do *better* than 10% in the election.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-29 09:56|| 2012-01-29 09:56|| Front Page Top

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