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PROJEK30% - Why We Need More Women in Politics

Gopalan-Krishnan Papachan, Executive Director, EMPOWER | Karen Lai, Programme Director, Women’s Centre for Change

05-Dec-24 15:00

PROJEK30% - Why We Need More Women in Politics

EMPOWER, in collaboration with civil society coalitions like JAG, BERSIH, and CSO Platform for Reform, has launched the Projek30% campaign to push political parties to field at least 30% women candidates in the next General Election (GE16). 

But why is there a lack of representation among women in politics and what is the impact?

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  politicsgovernmentLaw/Activism

Tags:  Projek30%the bigger picturebeyond the ballot boxwomen in politicswomen leadershipwomen empowermentwomen's rightsrepresentationgender equalitygender paritygender diversitygender gapgender discriminationgender biaspatriarchyfeminismsocial justiceintersectionality





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