Guatemala Elections Today: Unprecedented Number of Women Running For Election
Dava Castillo – All Voices – Thursday, 15 September 2011 (originally published 11Sept)
Laura Reyes, one of the three women running for vice president says in ipsnewsnet.com, “Women have more opportunities nowadays to participate in the economic, social and political development of the country, but this has still not improved the quality of their lives.
“Many women have done a good job, but others have taken advantage of power to serve their own personal interests,” Reyes, a lawyer belonging to the Cakchiquel Maya indigenous group, told IPS ahead of Sunday’s general elections.
By contrast in 2003 only one woman stood for office. Today three women are running for president and three more for vice president out of a total of 10 presidential and vice presidential candidates . . .
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