Women from indigenous communities on Sunday said that there should be proportional representation of ethnic women in the constituent assembly on the basis of their population.
Speaking at an interaction titled ‘Identification and assurance of indigenous women’s seat in the constituent assembly’ organised by the National Federation of Indigenous Women (NFIW), they demanded for proportional election system to guarantee 33 per cent seats for women in 205 constituencies instead of 33 per cent candidacy of women in the constituencies.
The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.
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