APIA, Samoa, Mar 12 (IPS) – The upcoming Samoan election is a unique opportunity to encourage diversity in politicsThis year it will be 128 years since the right of women to vote was first recognized, with New Zealand becoming the first nation to allow the participation of women in its general election in 1893.
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