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Century of fight for political rights of women in Montenegro

Women’s  Political Network announces “A century of fight for political rights of women in Montenegro” campaign.

“The campaign will involve a set of activities aimed at improving electoral legislation and introducing a set of norms for exercising political rights of women”, said the representatives of WPN.

They remind that the equality of men and women is guaranteed under the Constitution of Montenegro. Montenegro is signatory to numerous international conventions insuring total equality of men and women.

In addition, all political parties strongly advocate for the democratization of society. The majority of political parties have endorsed proposals of the representatives of this network.

Women’s Political Network brings together representatives from 16 position and opposition parties in Montenegro. Its objective is to frame policies contributing to the creation of more favorable social environment and adequate measures to reach total equality of women.

Women’ Political Network was founded under the auspices of the program “Support to anti-discriminatory and gender-inequality policies”, financed by EU Delegation to Montenegro.

 

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