A meeting in the format of "focus group” was held on the 15th of March with the representatives of the local self-government of Khobi. There were defined positions of participants regarding gender politics in the country.
Despite the fact that most of participants welcome increase of women in legislative organs, many of them (including majority of men and some women) consider "mechanical” measures for women’s support expedient. According to their positions, if woman has skills, needed for achieving success in politics – unlimited time, high professionalism, purposefulness, courageous character she would be successful, of course, and she would not need "temporary measures”. As to the issue that there should necessarily be presented woman in politics and she has her place there – local self-government of Khobi gives possibility to show this.
