23 women running for Bahraini elections

After some 17  Bahraini women expressed their willingness to run for Lower House and municipal elections set for next November (c.f: https://goo.gl/HVYaJU), the number increased to 23 women until last Sunday, according to Al Ayyam newspaper. The total number of women candidates to municipal membership in the four governorates of Bahrain stood at 3, while at least 2 current MPs said they will run again for the elections. To recall, that the process of nomination of Bahraini women is in general independent, as local political associations exclude female candidates from their electoral lists, contrary to the Gathering of National Unity which recruited one female in the 2014 parliamentary and municipal elections. (Al Diyar, August 27, 2018)

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