Giving a voice to the voiceless

Women were given the right to vote.

Everyone should exercise their right to vote.

We are entitled to vote at the age of twenty.

The new law will deprive religious minorities of their right to vote.

The other thing I wanted to give indigenous people a voice.

The Spaak committee devised a system that balanced the voting power of states of varying size.

Now you've come of age, you have the right to vote.

It gives a voice to those who otherwise would not have a voice.

Hispanics make up 11 of all eligible voters in the US.

Brazilian women were officially granted the right to vote only in 1932.

When will people realize that everybody has an equal right to live their life, even children who are taken care of by their parents?

Given the opportunity to vote, voters turned to a party not unlike Thaksin s pre coup Thai Rak Thai.

Any resident of Geneva allowed to vote can be elected as a member of the City Parliament.

He must also have a say in the decisions that impact the team's performance.

The law won citizens approval by 65.5 , with 43 of eligible voters participating.

Of course, there is a collective consultation and deliberative process that enables any member to be heard.

She has been wonderfully supportive in allowing me to have a voice in the workshops and rehearsals for the premiere.

A writer at one of Nepal's main newspapers, Republica, explains Equal citizenship right for women was a key agenda of all major political parties during Constituent Assembly elections.

They made the decision to put their eggs in the basket for votes for women and votes for Blacks would come later, said Hattery.

Though women have the right to vote in almost every country, gender inequalities in political representation remain large.

But the EU treaties make it complicated to give these non eurozone countries full voting powers.

She has an equal number of grandsons and granddaughters.

Furthermore, these laws also reduce early voting periods, invalidate the right to register as a voter on election day and withdraw the right to vote of citizens with a criminal record.

The elections are held every five years and any Tibetan who has reached the age of 18 is entitled to vote.

Full and equal participation by women in public life.

The audience is almost evenly split between black and white.

Earlier this year, they staged partial, and tightly regulated municipal elections, with no independent opinion permitted to influence when and how the ballots were held.

These entire female population was excluded, and only one quarter of the male population was eligible to vote.

As a result, 180 bills restricting the exercise of the right to vote in 41 States were introduced in 2011 alone.

Hearing Voices

Voices No.

Suspicious votes

Voices from the conflict

Finally, the ECB has proposed a reform of the voting mechanism in its Governing Council, introducing a cap on the number of voting members.

Other democratic opposition groups, and genuine ethnic minority representatives, also need to be given a voice in the process.

Palestine also has a powerful women s movement (Palestine being the first Arab country to give women the vote, in 1946).

Other people say no, that's not enough, there have to be basic liberal rights free speech, free press, equality of citizens.

Equal rights for women not simply suffrage, but also working outside the home or living independently was still a radical idea in many countries.

GBAO's unheard voices

Victims' voices neglected

I hear voices.

I heard voices.

I heard voices.

We heard voices.