Topic: Encouraging Political Participation by Women
Country: Algeria
Delegate Name: Celeste Johnson
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Algeria position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Women's involvement in politics in the country of Algeria has seen a vast improvement. The country of Algeria has made incredible progress. With the help of The United Nations in 2012, Algeria established a requirement of having at least thirty percent of their elected assembly members be women. The executive director of UN Women, Michelle Bachelet, notes that the thirty percent quota is up eight percent from 2011. This quota has motivated many women of the country of Algeria to pursue political science. This results in eighteen percent of the local court seats being held by women. The government plays an important role in providing women with political opportunities and defending them. In 2015, over three hundred women received expert training and education in Algerian politics across five provinces. This project will be implemented in another five provinces. Yasmina, a woman who received the expert training, reveals that she traveled one hundred and fifty kilometers one way each day. With the combination of Algeria’s local government and the UNDP, they’ve managed to secure training expertise from Isabelle Durant, former vice president of the European Parliament. The election of 2017 revealed that at least five political parties refused to print images of their female candidates. These parties were faced with an ultimatum from The Electoral Authority of Algeria which stated that if these specified parties did not print photos of their female candidates in two days, they would be removed from the race. The country of Algeria ranks first in the Arab World for women’s involvement in politics. This also makes it twenty sixth in the world.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2012/5/un-women-welcomes-increased-number-of-women-in-algeria-s-parliament
