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Women have since obtained greater representation in the public sphere. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 30% of seats in Somalia's Federal Parliament are legally reserved for women. [12] This quota was secured by Somali parliamentary consultant Hodan Ahmed and other female political leaders. [13]
On 30 August, in Kaliakair Upazila of Gazipur, there was an attempt to seize a nearly 50-year-old temple and Hindu land. BNP leader Lebu Mia, accompanied by 50-60 hired thugs, attacked and vandalized the ‘Radhagobind Loknath Natmandir’. When the Hindu community attempted to resist, they were also assaulted, resulting in 10-12 injuries.
e. The Federal Parliament of Somalia (Somali: Golaha Shacabka Soomaaliya; often Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya; Arabic: البرلمان الاتحادي في الصومال) is the national parliament of Somalia. Formed in August 2012, it is based in the capital Mogadishu and is bicameral, consisting of an Upper House (Senate) and a Lower ...
The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, popularly known as the Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 (ISO 15919: Nārī Śakti Vandan Adhiniyam), was introduced in Lok Sabha on 19 September 2023 during the special session of Parliament. [3] This legislation seeks to allocate 33 percent of the seats in the directly elected Lok Sabha ...
A gender quota is a quota used by countries and parties to increase women's representation or substantive equality based on gender in legislatures. [1] Women are largely underrepresented in parliaments and account for a 26.9% average in parliaments globally. [2] As of November 2021, gender quotas have been adopted in 132 countries. [3]
[3] [11]: Sec.5 The European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003 stipulates each region must be allocated at least 3 seats and that the ratio of electors to seats is as nearly as possible the same for each, the Commission found the Sainte-Laguë method produced the smallest standard deviation when compared to the D'Hondt method and Hare quota.
The Garowe Principles were a set of agreements between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and various Somali stakeholders outlining a framework for the interim administration's scheduled political transition in August 2012 to a permanent, representative government. The agreements were signed during the Somali National ...
The elections for the Senate of the Federal Parliament began on 29 July and concluded on 13 November. [2][3][4] The elections for the House of People began on 1 November 2021 and concluded on 31 March 2022. [5] They were initially scheduled to end on 24 December 2021, [6][7] however, by 25 December, only 24 of 275 representatives had been ...