Press Release: Pakistan Elections 2013
Gender Concerns International Appreciates the Government of Pakistan’s Announcement Welcoming Foreigner Election Observers
Gender Concerns International greatly appreciates the Government of Pakistan and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s announcement welcoming international observers to monitor Pakistan’s upcoming elections. Gender Concerns International finds it very encouraging that the government of Pakistan has agreed to take all steps within its means to facilitate foreign election observers during the upcoming elections.
Last February, Gender Concerns International announced its partnership with the Aurat Foundation to monitor the elections from a gender perspective by launching a Gender Election Monitoring (GEM) Mission. Through this GEM Mission, the two organizations will observe the democratic inclusion of women as voters, candidates, and administrators in Pakistan’s upcoming 2013 elections.
Gender Concerns International fully shares the Pakistani Government’s vision of foreign observers’ non-interference in Pakistan’s electoral process and will comply with Pakistan’s National laws and international norms and regulations. The organization’s core goal is to monitor the elections from a gender perspective.
Gender Concerns International is an international gender and development organization with its headquarters in The Hague and offices in several countries including Tripoli, Tunis, Kabul, and Islamabad. It has conducted a series of unique GEM Missions successfully monitoring elections exclusively from a gender perspective in Pakistan (2008), Tunisia (2011), Morocco (2011) and Libya (2012).
For further details please contact:
Melissa Vargas, Coordinator Gender Election Monitoring Mission, E:
Gender Concerns International Raamweg 21-22 2596 HL, The Hague, the Netherlands
E: info@genderconcerns.org P: +31 (0) 74445082 W: www.genderconcerns.org