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Wanted: Female candidates for Algeria’s parliament quota
Middle East
March 5, 2017
Wanted: Female candidates for Algeria’s parliament quota
Algerian law requires the next parliament to be made up of 30 percent women — but political parties across the…
Beheira residents bread quotas decreased due to flour shortage
Egypt
March 19, 2015
Beheira residents bread quotas decreased due to flour shortage
Many bakeries in Beheira have only been able to distribute 3 loaves of bread per day to each citizen, instead…
Final vote on constitution draft expected Thursday: Amr Moussa
Egypt
November 28, 2013
Final vote on constitution draft expected Thursday: Amr Moussa
A final vote on the constitution draft is expected to start on Thursday afternoon if the committee manages to work…
Shura Council prevails in new constitution
Egypt
September 30, 2013
Shura Council prevails in new constitution
A group attached to the 50-member constitutional amendment committee has approved keeping the Shura Council as Egypt's upper house of…
Islamist parties seek to end Parliament’s farmer and worker quota
Egypt
March 9, 2012
Islamist parties seek to end Parliament’s farmer and worker quota
Islamist parties in Parliament want to cancel the 50 percent quota for worker and farmer parliamentary seats in the new…
Monday’s papers: Debate over parliamentary elections law and Mubarak’s trial in session
Egypt
September 5, 2011
Monday’s papers: Debate over parliamentary elections law and Mubarak’s trial in session
State-owned Al-Ahram leads with the headline: “The cabinet is set to discuss the possibility of amending the parliamentary elections law…
Brotherhood woman candidate confident about electoral bid
Egypt
November 17, 2010
Brotherhood woman candidate confident about electoral bid
Bushra al-Samny, the Muslim Brotherhood female candidate in Alexandria, is confident that she is going to win the woman quota…
Administrative Court rejects appeal against women’s parliamentary quota
Egypt
October 19, 2010
Administrative Court rejects appeal against women’s parliamentary quota
The Supreme Administrative Court today rejected an appeal against the quota allocated for women in parliament. The lawsuit was filed…
We need to abolish the People’s Assembly seats quota
Opinion
May 12, 2010
We need to abolish the People’s Assembly seats quota
Hussein Megawer, President of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation, insists on reiterating empty talk about how keen the state is…