Jordan Times
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Arab Women's
Organisation meeting focuses on municipalities
AMMAN (Petra) — The Arab Women's Organisation (AWO) held a conference on
Saturday addressing decentralisation and municipal council elections.
Participants also discussed the obstacles to women's participation in political
life. Addressing the conference, Minister of Municipal Affairs Nader Thuheirat
said the ministry is keen on fostering women's participation in municipal
elections to empower them. The draft law on municipalities submitted to
Parliament stipulates the allocation of no less than 20 per cent of municipal
council seats for women, Thuheirat added. The AWO conference was held in
cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.