Senate panel adds 10% women’s quota to decentralisation bill

By Petra - Aug 30,2015 - Last updated at Aug 30,2015

AMMAN — The Senate’s legal and administrative committees on Sunday rejected the Lower House’s version of the draft decentralisation law, reinstating a 10 per cent women quota in governorate councils.

Last week, deputies passed the draft decentralisation law, cancelling a 15 per cent women’s quota that they themselves had introduced to the bill. The Senate panel also rejected the House’s amendments to the law under which candidates for governorate councils should hold a bachelor’s degree as the minimum academic requirement.

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