Uneasy path for women in first past the post environment

Uneasy path for women in first past the post environment

The September 16 General Election attracted 1 474 candidates. And while women constitute 51 percent of the population, they formed only 331 or 22.5 percent of the candidates. Out of these 331 women, only 48 or 21 percent won. Female candidates in postmortem meeting . | Edwin Nyirongo Malawi uses first-past-the-post system. Research shows that this system does not favour the election of women due to stereotypes and sexist assumptions about the at…