Percentage of Azerbaijani women represented in election bodies is not satisfactory: CEC chairman

"In Azerbaijan the reality is that women's status in their lives contradicts their status in state agencies and election bodies. Azerbaijani women participate in every aspect of life almost as actively as European women," CEC Chairman Mazahir Panahov said.

Azerbaijan will hold municipal elections in mid-December. There is only 2 percent of women among the municipality chiefs.

Panahov said the reason for low involvement of women in the election bodies is due to only  themselves.

"It would be unjust to say that there are obstacles for women representing themselves in the election bodies. I urge women to widely get involved with municipal elections and to actively participate in the elections," the CEC chairman said.

/Trend News/