A promotion meeting, aimed at "helping rural women become elected　to　villagers ' committees," was recently held in Tanggu District, Tianjin. Organized by the Working Committee on Children and Women of Tianjin, the Tianjin Women's Federation and the Civil Affairs Bureau of Tianjin, the meeting was aimed at raising the proportion of women members on villagers' committees in Tianjin_through the 2006 rural elections of China.
　　According to the Villagers' Committee Organization Law, villagers' committees are elected for three-year terms, and each committee should have at least one woman member.
　　In recent years, the Working Committee on Children and Women of Tianjin has made great efforts, such as conducting surveys and studies, in promoting the elections and roles of rural women. The working committee completed investigations in five districts and counties of Tianjin, to determine what preventedrural women from participating in politics, and to determine what could be done to raise the proportion of women members on villagers' committees. As a result, the working committee discovered that 32 of the 34 villages in Tanggu District had women members on their committees.
　　The main experiences of Tanggu District were:
　　1) Exercising leadership. A leading group to oversee the elections was formed by leaders of Tanggu District's rganization
department, publicity department, civil affairs bureau, rural work committee and women's federation. These member organizations were bound to ensure that rural women would be elected to villagers' committees;
　　2) Making policies. Tanggu District drafted and issued different official documents to offer policy support, such as making arrangements for elections, proposing ways to ensure women's entrance to villagers' committees, and drafting and enforcing elections regulations;
　　3) Publicity. Through the media, theatrical performances and knowledge competitions, Tanggu District publicized the　importance of women's political participation. The elections regulations were printed and distributed to every household in the countryside; and
　　4) Holding elections. Election workers were given the responsibility for the whole process of elections, from working out
programs and nominating candidates to voting by ballot.

《中国妇女》英文月刊 2006.5

Source:Office of NWCCW
信息来源：国务院妇女儿童工作委员会办公室

Executive Editor:ZHAO NING
责任编辑：赵宁