Draft Thai Constitution To Include Gender Quota

1 April 2015
Photo Credit: Khaosod
Photo Credit: Khaosod
<p><span>The drafters of the new constitution have approved the first gender quota in Thai history, requiring one third of political party list candidates be women. </span></p> <p>The measure was approved by 17 &nbsp;of the Constitution Drafting Committee's 35 members in a secret ballot yesterday. Fifteen voted against the proposal and two abstained. The&nbsp;CDC was appointed by Thailand's ruling military junta to replace the constitution dissolved after the coup last May. </p>
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