Women's Party (Greenland)
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The Women's Party was a feminist political party
in Greenland
. At the 2002 legislative elections
the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and no seats. On November 6 1999, in response to the still much lower representation of women in politics, a group of women formed the party. Several members ran for the parliamentary election in 2002. The Women’s Party was in short of votes. The party was dissolved in the spring of 2008.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. At the 2002 legislative elections
Elections in Greenland
Elections in Greenland have been taking place since 1979. Greenland elects on national level a legislature. The Diet has 31 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation....
the party won 2.4% of the popular vote and no seats. On November 6 1999, in response to the still much lower representation of women in politics, a group of women formed the party. Several members ran for the parliamentary election in 2002. The Women’s Party was in short of votes. The party was dissolved in the spring of 2008.