Pakistan’s election: a victory for women

Pakistan is one of the world’s largest democracies, yet because it also has the second-largest Muslim population, it has long ranked near last in female participation in elections. In Wednesday’s vote for a new National Assembly, however, the country’s social conservatism toward women’s rights may have finally been broken – perhaps even influencing the results and countering the heavy hand of the military in Pakistani democracy.

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