AMMAN — The “Eye on Women” program, which
monitors elections from a gender perspective completed last Thursday its
preparations to monitor the elections of municipal councils, the
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Council, and governorate councils scheduled to take place on
Tuesday, according to Khaberni News.
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The program,
which is run by the Association of the Jordanian Women’s Solidarity Institute “Tadamon”,
has pointed to latest figures received from the
Independent Election Commission (IEC), which confirm that the number of registered voters is 4.648 million,
including 2.447 million women, or 52.7 percent of the total voters.
Meanwhile, the
number of candidates contesting the elections has reached 4,820, including 867
women, or 18 percent of the total candidates. The IEC said that 1,048
candidates are running for provincial councils, including 157 women, or 15
percent, and 17 women are running for (GAM) Council of 111 candidates. Not a
single woman is running for the presidency of the municipalities.
The program aims
to identify nuances of the electoral process, as well as to identify the
reasons why women do not reach decision-making positions in all fields. It also
aims at identifying the means of bringing women to decision-making positions by
liberating them from fear by developing their skills and empowering them by
expanding people’s knowledge regarding political participation, and ensuring the
integrity of the elections.
The program considers
that motivating women is an important step for their political empowerment,
despite the need for a higher representation of women in the government,
parliament, political parties, professional unions, and other leadership
positions so that their participation becomes effective.
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