Congo-Kinshasa: Deputy SG Encourages IEC to Foster a Larger Participation of Women in Politics

UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro, in her Kinshasa address on Tuesday 24 April 2007 to Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), she encouraged the organisation to foster a larger participation of women in DRC politics, and to ensure that the upcoming DRC local elections will be a success.

Dr. Migiro felt that the DRC, 'like many African countries, constitutes a majority of women but unfortunately it has not been reflected,' and that 'there will be no democracy if a big section of the population is left behind.'

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