Gerakan facing dearth of qualified women candidates
Gerakan is facing a dearth of qualified women candidates to contest in the coming general election, acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said Tuesday.
The Saudi king on Friday granted women seats on the country's top advisory council for first time, a much-awaited step for women to get a toehold in Saudi Arabia where males dominate the political system and ultraconservative religious Islam law tightly controls daily life of females.