Democracy in the Maldives would have little credibility if it failed to empower the country’s women, Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed has told the Council for a Community of Democracies.
The Council, which includes President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Libera Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, convened to discuss female representation in democracies and other issues pertaining to the empowerment of women.
Dr Shaheed told the Council that the Maldives has yet to adequately include women in its major democratic bodies, and that the exclusion of half of any given population from public and political life rendered notions of democracy hollow, and marginalising a large portion of society.
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Dr Shaheed, thank you for acknowledging the point I have already brought up in http://minivannewsarchive.com/society/comment-real-democracy-is-when-barriers-to-women%E2%80%99s-participation-come-down-10834.
I believe that acknowledging is an indication that doors will open up for women to participate. At the same time, you need to be open to acknowledge women who will not necessarily join political positions but those who are active on various missions in the community.