[Excerpt: Speaking to Gulf News, Khalid Bin Jaber Al Thani, secretary-general of PEC, said women are to play a decisive role in the elections....."We at the committee believe women will be the backbone of the elections and will play an important role in boosting public participation," he said.]
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=155310 Qatari women all set to don the political mantle By Barbara Bibbo', Correspondent Doha : Qatari women are being looked at as serious parliamentary candidates. National women will take part in a women's conference to encourage potential female candidates to participate in the forthcoming elections, a senior official said. The Permanent Election Committee (PEC) is to announce the date for a national forum open to all Qatari women. The event is intended to boost their participation as voters and as candidates in the country's first parliamentary polls. "The PEC decided to hold an open conference on women's participation as candidates in the parliamentary elections," said Shaikha Aisha Bint Khalifa Al Thani, sister of the Qatar's Emir His Highness Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani and chairwoman of the PEC. "The initiative comes out of our belief in the necessity to establish a continuous communication with the community." Parliamentary elections would be held at the end of this year or early 2006, the Shaikh Hamad said last week. As per the new constitution, Qataris, regardless of their sex, are to elect 30 out of 45 members of the parliament. The remaining 15 members will be appointed by the Emir. "Our main goal is to activate political participation in the Qatari community through meetings, seminars and training courses," Shaikha Aisha said. Speaking to Gulf News, Khalid Bin Jaber Al Thani, secretary-general of PEC, said women are to play a decisive role in the elections. "We at the committee believe women will be the backbone of the elections and will play an important role in boosting public participation," he said. Fatma Al Khatir, director of the internal office at the State Audit and the first Qatari woman to become auditor, said Qatari women are ready to enter politics. enditem ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
