Gender Issues Not a Problem in Regional Elections
One of the interesting results of the 2018 regional elections is that the number of women who won the elections rose to 100 percent. In the 2017 simultaneous regional elections, there were only 15 women who won, while in 2018 the number jumped to 30 women. Gender issues were not a problem.
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JAKARTA, KOMPAS — One of the interesting results of the 2018 regional elections is that the number of women who won the elections rose to 100 percent. In the 2017 simultaneous regional elections, there were only 15 women who won, while in 2018 the number jumped to 30 women. Gender issues were not a problem.
Activist and director of Wahid Foundation Yenny Wahid said that in the implementation of the democratic event, people tend to put gender issues under the performance of the candidates of regional heads.