Women's participation in elections in Jordan
As elections are approaching I have get more and more e-mails and messages from women who have sent their nomination for MP's and had been present on my seminars in Jordan, and who say that they are ready for the this race. Fact that women have higher interest for Parliament now can be attributed to increase of their awareness of the rights and duties of women in modern societies. I see this as the desire of women, as a neglected and I dare to say - often better educated and better part of this society, to contribute to the promotion and further development of fragile democracy of Middle East. I am sure that in this process, lot of influence has had the Queen Rania herself as a symbol of the modern in Jordan. At last elections in 2007 in this race have been involved 199 women for 6 'women' places from total 112 in Jordanian parliament. Until this morning, according to my information, the 47 women announced their candidacy for the 12 'female' seats in Parliament whic...