Home Coalition financially supports women candidates [Archives:2006/980/Local News]
SANA'A, Sept. 9 ) The Home Coalition to support women candidates in local elections organized a festival last Thursday to provide financial support to more than 89 women candidates in governorates and districts across the republic.
According to the one of the prominent leaders of the Home Coalition, Raufah Hassan, each female candidate was granted YR 100,000. “This sum was provided to every independent woman candidate as part of a collective act after women felt like they were alone and the parties withdrawn their support of them,” she noted.
Hassan further expressed sorrow at lack of party support and called upon all women to back their fellow candidates. She also hinted that the coalition won't confine itself to financial support, but also will provide necessary media support to enable women candidates to compete in the elections.
For her part, the coalition's Wameedh Shaker thanked all those who supported women candidates and further exalted independent women candidates' struggle amid difficult circumstances they face.
The highest number of independent women candidates was registered in Hajjah with 17, followed by Taiz and Dhamar with 15 candidates each. Hodeidah has nine female candidates, Hadramout, Sana'a governorate and Sa'ada have five, Marib and Ibb have four, the capital, Lahj, Abyan and Al-Mahwit have three and Aden, Shabwa, Al-Jawf and Amran have two.
The coalition has formed committees to support independent women candidates as well as opened a bank account to collect donations to assist them in the upcoming elections.
The group further indicated that it will financially support only independent women candidates, while supporting all other women candidates in other ways, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Established May 26, 2005, the Home Coalition aims to increase women's elections participation, particularly in local council elections. Its members include a number of leading female personalities.
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