politics

11:44

The Ministry of Interior has shared the statistics on the parliamentary elections held in Morocco on September 8. The statistics show that the number of women in parliament increases. The number of women serving in the Moroccan Parliament increased to 24%, the women held 20 percent of seats in the parliament between 2016 and 2021. We spoke to female politicians in the country about the increase of women’s representatives in the parliament.

10:27

Two persons, who introduced themselves as police officers, tried to forcibly enter the house of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Adana MP Tülay Hatimoğulları. Today, a press statement on the attempted attack will be issued.

09:30

Yesterday, the Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) announced the “A Call For Democracy, Justice, and Peace” declaration after visiting many cities in Turkey. “A perspective without women is doomed to fail,” HDP Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran says women will be the pioneers of the new life

13:18

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has announced its “A Call For Democracy, Justice, and Peace” declaration. In the released declaration, the HDP says, “We want to change the Executive Presidential System” and declares that they are ready for negotiation.

12:48

General elections will be held in Libya on December 24. The upcoming elections are important for ending the conflicts in the country. Libyan women are carrying out campaigns to support female candidates.

12:00

Parliamentary elections will be held in Iraq on October 10, 2021. While candidates have carried out their electoral campaigns and asked people to vote for them, the people don’t believe the candidates because they didn’t keep their promises in the previous elections. The women of Sulaymaniyah are reluctant to cast their votes in the elections.

14:48

On October 10, Kurds, Arabs, Turkmens, Shiites, Christians, Muslims and Yazidis will cast their votes to determine the fate of their country. 83 ballot boxes have been already placed in 18 provinces of Iraq for the upcoming parliamentary elections. These elections will be different for Yazidis because “Voting is important for the Yazidi community for the first time.”

15:15

Nabila Rmili of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) has been elected as the new mayor of Casablanca on Monday (September 20) with 105 votes out of 130 and she becomes the first woman mayor of the financial capital of Morocco

11:34

People of Iraq will cast their votes in upcoming parliamentary elections. Şirin Abdula, an independent candidate in Kirkuk, says she will work for women if she is elected, “Everyone should cast their votes.”

10:40

Nisan Al-Zayer is a candidate running for the Iraqi parliamentary elections to be held in the country on October 10. “Women make a difference in electoral campaigns. They will exceed the determined electoral threshold.”

13:42

“Don’t give up your dreams and rights, follow them because women can be successful if they set goals” says Huda Naim, the vice president of the Gaza Legislative Council.

13:51

Association for Women Journalists in Iraq has launched a campaign for women to participate in parliamentary elections. Within the scope of the campaign titled “Let women make decisions”, the women journalists have been carrying out works for women’s participation in general elections to be held in Iraq on October 10.

12:38

Moroccan general elections were held on September 8. Party of Progress and Socialism won 23 seats in the House of Representatives and 12 of them are women. This shows the party has achieved equal representation in the elections.

14:12

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan made a speech at the meeting of the party’s women’s council.

14:24

Women’s Council of the Future Syria Party has held an educational workshop named “Martyr Sewsen Birhat” for the council’s members. The council aims to strengthen women in all areas.

12:10

The Moroccan High Commission for Planning has announced that one million Moroccan women will cast their votes in today’s general elections.

10:56

Today, 32 political parties are competing in the general elections to be held in Morocco today. The parties announced their programs in their election campaigns to ask for the votes. Most parties have special programs for women. Moroccan women think these programs are important steps.

10:14

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit indicated that all women activists should call on their governments to not recognize the Taliban. “We should be the voices of Afghan women. Afghan women should use their self-defense. Women using their self-defense defeated ISIS. I believe that Afghan women can take these women’s self-defense as a model. I think all Afghan women should use their right to self-defense.”

16:30

“The Syrian government should clarify its stance and views. Now, we should practice the resolution of the crisis together,” says Emine Bekir, the deputy chair of the Euphrates Region.

15:16

Turkish Supreme Court accepts the request of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) for additional time to prepare its defense. The HDP has an additional 30-day period to submit its defense.