Female Candidates

Female candidates win majorities on four island councils

Female candidates won majorities on island councils for the first time in the Maldives’ third municipal elections on May 6.

Maldives celebrates International Women’s Day

As the government marked the day with special activities at offices and the handing out of annual awards for women, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party pledged financial support to 44 female candidates contesting in the upcoming local council elections.

Majlis elections: “Money politics threatens to hijack democratic process”, says Transparency Maldives