{"id":974740,"date":"2018-03-13T07:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T23:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=974740"},"modified":"2018-03-13T02:00:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T18:00:34","slug":"comelec-to-ask-for-gender-quota-on-party-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/974740\/comelec-to-ask-for-gender-quota-on-party-candidates","title":{"rendered":"Comelec to ask for gender quota on party candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will ask the consultative committee, headed by retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno, to consider putting a gender quota on candidates to be fielded by political parties.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, the poll body\u2019s gender and development committee chair, said this would ensure gender equality in government.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope that the constitutional amendments committee will add gender quota in the Constitution, as in some countries,\u201d Guanzon said in her Twitter account, @commrguanzon.<\/p>\n
Under her proposal, parties will be mandated to field a particular ratio of women candidates during polls. \u2014Tina G. Santos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will ask the consultative committee, headed by retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno, to consider putting a gender quota on candidates to be fielded by political parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":973550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,45],"tags":[217,139683,44355],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[189937],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n