Issue no.: 5 | September 2009

Voices

The Constitution of Afghanistan prohibits any discrimination and previliges between Afghan subjects.Afghan mean and women have equal rights and responsibilities aligned with law, Article 22.But then other Article makes restrictions since none of other laws can function against Islam and Muslim beliefs
-Nazir Qayoome,
Gender Expert,
Afghanistan

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Money is one of the major problems both in the urban and rural area of Bangladesh for women not contesting in the election
-Taleya Rehman
Executive Director, Democracy Watch,
Bangladesh

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Men largely dominate the political arena; largely formulate the rules of political game and often define the standards for evaluation
-Ranjana Kumari
Director, Centre for Social Research
India

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Reservation for women like us might be humiliating, but if we talk about majority of women in our country, they cannot move ahead without reservation. Women have been discouraged and this is the reason they need reservation for empowerment
-Aarti Chataut
Nepal Television,
Nepal

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Pakistani women have been actively involved in politics right from the Pakistani movement like Fatima Jinnah, late Benazir Bhutto etc. Looking at these paradigms one would suggest that Pakistani constitution and Pakistani have always advocated a very strong involvement of women in politics. However, this is just a face value of information- Shabina Ayaz, resident Director of Aurat foundation, Pakistan
-Aarti Chataut
Nepal Television, Nepal

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Pakistani women have been actively involved in politics right from the Pakistani movement like Fatima Jinnah, late Benazir Bhutto etc. Looking at these paradigms one would suggest that Pakistani constitution and Pakistani have always advocated a very strong involvement of women in politics. However, this is just a face value of information- Shabina Ayaz, resident Director of Aurat foundation, Pakistan
-Aarti Chataut
Nepal Television, Nepal

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