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| This year, Malaysia is celebrating its first International Women’s Day under the new Malaysia Baru government.
Women were conflicted to move further in politics due to the dual burden placed on women by gender-role stereotypes, political parties employing a conservative attitude in empowering women to take political leadership, and a deterring environment for women in politics, as evidenced by the various harassments faced by women politicians in the political environment, from Parliament to party branches.
We trust that the new Election Commission - led by noteworthy former leaders of civil society, including Bersih - will explore and adopt best practices from around the world to increase women’s political leadership, a notable example being New Zealand’s mixed-member proportional electoral system. Men in politics can change the “masculine model” of politics, as described by Wan Azizah, by facilitating spaces for women to scale up the political ladder.
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