Elections 2016: 35 Puno women participate in the campaign to Parliament – Daily Mail

On 8 March, International Women’s Day, the occasion will mean to reflect on various aspects in the development of the female gender is remembered, but the closeness of the election makes us turn the look at the issue of participation of women in the Peruvian and regional policy.

in a quick review to the portal of the National Jury of Elections (JNE) we see that there is indeed direct participation of women in this season, although political groups barely been included to comply with the quota established by the statute.

the current Electoral Law of Peru requires each political group meet the gender quota, this topic is to reach the 30% of women and men minimally.

fulfilled. Of the 17 groups that submitted candidates for the national parliament, 16 have met placing two women candidates in a list of five; This means that the majority are still men, with three quotas, even with prime locations regarding women.

The only political group that preferred to put as many ladies is Alliance for Progress (APP ), where three are women from the five options, the rest has been formed to enforce legislation and place the required minimum.

One issue to consider is that women have been, in most of cases, the numbers four and five as preferences for applications in the case of the Puno region.

in this process, there have been a total of 35 women candidates to be option in the Congress . We are talking about a total of 85 nominations in the 17 lists, some of which are still in doubt in the registration process.

WOMEN’S DAY. The International Day of Working Women commemorates the struggle of women for their participation on an equal footing with men in society and their full development as a person.

The first celebration of the International Day of Working Women was held on March 19, 1911 in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland, and its commemoration has been extended since then many countries.

in 1975 the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) declared March 8 as International Day Women2 and in 1977 proclaimed March 8 as International Day for the Rights of Women and International Peace, since the date is remembered in the world.