Bangladesh creates reserved seats for women

MaineDem

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Sun May-16-04 08:15 AM
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Bangladesh creates reserved seats for women

DHAKA, May 16 — Bangladesh approved a new law on Sunday creating 45 new parliamentary seats reserved for women, raising the number of legislators to 345.

The law provides for the new seats to be allocated to parties in parliament in proportion to their number of elected representatives.

It is in keeping with Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia's promises gradually to increase women's representation in the legislative assembly.

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The Awami League and various women's rights groups have opposed the creation of reserved seats, demanding that women be made members of parliament through direct voting in national elections.

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusintl/reuters05-16-051027.asp?reg=asia&vts=51620040533

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JoFerret

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Mon May-17-04 10:03 PM
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1. Gotta give em credit

for a great effort.
they do and will continue to do better that we do.
Role of women in the third world - their gains etc. is an interesting story.

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