Chairwoman of Sudanese Women Parliamentarians Caucus: Sudan is a pioneering country regarding political participation of women

Chairwoman of the Sudanese Women Parliamentarians Caucus Samya Hassan Sidahmed addressed at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum Tuesday the opening session of the First Forum of the Sudanese Women Parliamentarians, hoping that the forum would avail opportunity for dialogue and exchange of ideas on all issues that concern women parliamentarians in the country and boosting political participation and national unity and peace and development. She pointed out that Sudan is a pioneering country regarding political participation of women, saying that the Sudanese women have gained their parliamentary rights since the first elections in 1954.

She added that the Sudanese women are actively participating in the basic issues of the country of peace, national unity, combating poverty and realization of balanced development. She called for establishment of a parliamentary body that brings together Arab and African women parliamentarians to exchange experiences.

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