Women of Malawi Run for Office in Record Numbers

05/19/09  Print This Post Print This Post    1 Comment   Popular   Written by Julie Schwietert
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Following our story about the election of a woman to the presidency of Lithuania yesterday, we came across this news on The Stimulist:

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“A record 220 women are running in Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary polls on Tuesday [today!], representing about 20% of all candidates for the 193 seats. Women are also at the top of the ticket for the first time: Loveness Gondwe is Malawi’s first female presidential candidate, [and] incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika has tapped foreign minister Joyce Banda as his running mate.”

To learn more about the elections, check this site.


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Julie Schwietert is the managing editor of Matador Network. She contributed a chapter to the recently published book, The Voluntary Traveler, and is currently working on five features for Fodor's Puerto Rico, 6th Edition.

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  • Christine replied on May 20, 2009

    Yay for women taking (being allowed?) leadership roles in Africa!!

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