A Record Number of Female Candidates Competing for Legislative Seats in Lebanon

• 05.03.2018, 12:24
•  Near East,  World

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In a country where women make up only three percent of parliament, a record number of 86 female candidates will be competing for Lebanon's 128 legislative seats in elections on May 6, Al Jazeera reports.

In fact, out of the total 976 candidates who originally registered to run, 111 were female candidates - a staggering upsurge compared to just 12 women in 2009.

Yet as the pool of hopeful candidates dropped down to a final list of 583 people, 22 percent of women dropped out of the race.

For many of the remaining 86 women, the country's political parties and even media institutions seemed not to be yet ready.