PAS Muslimat urged to master geopolitics

PAS Muslimat must learn to speak the language of geopolitics if Muslim women are to have a more organized and influential voice in global affairs, its chief Nuridah Mohd. Salleh said in Bachok.

She urged the women’s wing of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia to develop expertise in international law, the global economy and cross-border communication. Those skills, she said, would help unite Muslim women through knowledge and strategic capacity.

Nuridah pointed to PAS Muslimat’s involvement in humanitarian and solidarity missions as the basis of an expanding international network. She said the network had engaged with humanitarian issues in Palestine, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yemen, bringing attention and aid to people in need abroad. Welfare and humanitarian funds raised by the organization had reached millions of ringgit, she said.

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This network includes confronting humanitarian issues in Palestine, Sudan, Afghanistan and Yemen by bringing the voice and aid to brothers and sisters who need it abroad.

She made the remarks in her keynote address at the 66th annual PAS Muslimat assembly in Bachok, which was officiated by PAS vice-president Idris Ahmad. Nuridah also called on members to draw inspiration from Palestinian women, whom she described as trained to lead during wartime and capable of building a nation despite severe limitations.

Women’s participation in global politics remains uneven, she said. As of January 1, women held 27.5% of parliamentary seats worldwide and 22.4% of cabinet positions. She cited the United Arab Emirates, where women account for 50% of the Federal National Council, and Senegal, where they hold 41.2% of National Assembly seats. The figures she gave were 22.2% in Indonesia’s House of Representatives and about 13.6% among members of Malaysia’s Dewan Rakyat.

Nuridah said PAS Muslimat had gathered qualified and promising members to strengthen women’s political participation. The effort follows a minimum target of 30% female representation in state assemblies, the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara. She also praised members’ experience and commitment as election machinery in previous polls.

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Women held only 27.5% of the world’s parliamentary seats and 22.4% of cabinet positions.