July 12, 2009 | Pulitzer Center
Donate NowStine Eckert, Pulitzer Student Fellow
In the national elections in December 2008 Bangladeshi women gained a huge success in parliament: 19 women got a direct mandate. Although a quota of 45 women of 345 members for the parliament exists, this was the first time, so many women got a direct mandate outside the quota. Acting chair and professor in the women studies department of Dhaka University. Dr. Nazmunnessa Mahtab give some background on women in politics, the recent success, and political culture in Bangladesh.