Tunisian gender-parity 'revolution' hailed

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Source: Al Jazeera

Tunisia's ruling that men and women must feature in equal numbers as candidates in July polls is an Arab world first that builds on this year's revolt and allays fears of conservative influence, observers say.

The decision by authorities preparing the July 24 constituent assembly poll after the uprising that toppled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the north African nation's long-serving president, has been hailed as a regional breakthrough.

The Tunisian revolution has sparked similar revolts in other Arab countries.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/2011421161714335465.html

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2. Awesome!

[nyy1998]

3. Wonderful news! nt

[Lance_Boyle]

4. So how's it work? If not enough women run do they kick some men off the ballot?

Or vice versa - what if 20 women want to run and only 5 men? Do they tell 15 of the women "sorry, there are too many of you?" Or do they round up an appropriate number of the under-represented gender and press them into a campaign?

Quotas bad.

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