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December 27, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=December2004&file=World_News200412273309.xml

Palestinian Women Flushed with Success in Historic Vote

(AFP/The Peninsula-Qatar) At least 50 local women councilors were elected in the West Bank in a historic vote that punched through a taboo in conservative Palestinian society. In the first local Palestinian council elections in 28 years, 886 candidates, including 139 women, ran for 306 council seats in 26 municipalities, with a quota of two women per council.

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