SCW supports woman candidacy

Manama, Sept. 3 (BNA): The Supreme Council of Women (SCW)’s general secretariat announced the official launch of "Pre-election Consultations Programme for Women" in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD). The SCW called on woman who would like to stand for the 2018 parliamentary and municipal elections to attend a meeting on Thursday September 6 at the Supreme Council’s main premises. Details on how to benefit from the programme are available at the SCW general secretariat and the BIPD where the experts will provide the would-be candidates with relevant advice pertaining to legal, political, media aspects as well as the election process, in order to support would-be candidate women which will boost their competitiveness to delve into political action and effectively participate in public life. Also, the woman candidates will get to know the specific technical support which they can obtain from the programme experts during the one-on-one or group consultations also useful for their election campaign crews and to identify any likely problems and find the proper solutions to them. The SCW said that registration for this programme is possible from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. by calling the following numbers: 17417158-17417190 – 17417169.