汤加妇女中心敦促在11月20日选举之前有更多女议员, Tonga's women's center urges more female MPs ahead of Nov. 20 election, citing low representation and unmet reforms.

汤加妇女和儿童危机中心呼吁在11月20日大选前增加妇女在议会中的人数, 指出71位人民代表席位候选人中只有8位是妇女。 Tonga’s Women and Children’s Crisis Centre is calling for more women in parliament ahead of the 20 November general election, noting only eight of 71 candidates for people’s representative seats are women. Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki主任强调了数十年来代表人数不足的情况,70年来只有7名妇女当选,并强调需要就扩大强奸的法律定义和给予妇女土地权等问题进行改革,包括21岁时获得城镇拨款的机会——2012年一份报告的建议仍未落实。 Director Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki highlighted decades of underrepresentation, with just seven women elected in 70 years, and stressed the need for reform on issues like expanding the legal definition of rape and granting women land rights, including access to town allotments at age 21—recommendations from a 2012 report still unimplemented. 她将这些障碍与人才外流联系起来,因为年轻的汤加人为了更好的机会而离开。 She linked these barriers to a brain drain as young Tongans leave for better opportunities. 针对年仅12岁的青年开展公民教育运动,目的是提高选民的投票率。 A civic education campaign targeting youth as young as 12 aims to boost voter turnout. 公众投票于上午9时开始,下午4时结束,贵族投票于上午10时至中午12时。 Voting begins at 9am and ends at 4pm for the public, with nobles voting from 10am to midday.