Cambodia sees fewer female lawmakers in upcoming parliament
Twenty-five out of the 123 lawmakers elected during the July 28 national election are female, the official election results have shown. Sunday. The figures indicated that the number of women-lawmakers in the upcoming fifth legislature of the National Assembly is lower than that of the previous mandate of 27 female lawmakers. … “It is disheartening that instead of seeing an increase in women’s representation, we will be seeing a decrease in the number of women parliamentarians with this new National Assembly,”Chor Chanthyda, coordinator of the Project to Promote Women’s Political Representation at the CCHR, said in a statement. “More than anything, this demonstrates the urgency with which the Cambodian government should begin undertaking concrete action– such as implementing gender quotas–to ensure that the percentage of women at all levels of government substantially increases in the near future,” she said …
Xinhuanet News Staff
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