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First woman mayor of Tunisian capital, youngest woman of Turkish Parliament
4-7-2018
Souad Abdel Rahim which topped the list of An Nahda Islamic party in the recent municipal elections, was elected yesterday as mayor of the capital Tunis, to become the first time women to hold the post. Abdel Rahim, 54 years, who manages a pharmaceutical company, is a former lawmaker for An Nahda party and has contributed to drafting her country’s new constitution. In a brief statement, Abdel Rahim described her victory as a pride for every Tunisian woman and a triumph for all the women of Tunisia. “I extend it to all Tunisian citizens and to the Tunisian woman… to all the women of my country and the Tunisian youth,” she said. Meanwhile in Turkey, 20 year old Kurdish woman, Dersim Dag, became Turkey’s youngest member of Parliament in the history of modern Turkey. To recall, Dag who entered the parliament as deputy for the Peoples’ Democratic Party in the Diar Bakir city of Kurdish majority, pledged to be the voice of the youth and women in the legislature. Elucidating her engagement in the world of politics at a young age, Dag said political persecution was the key motive. The absence of representatives of young people in the assembly and the very few women out there who can represent their peers were among the reasons which prompted her to consider taking this difficult road. (Al Diyar, Al Mustaqbal, July 4, 2018)
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