Jordanian women turn elections into celebration of hard-earned voting rights
Photo: A woman registers to vote at a polling station in Amman on Tuesday (Photo via The Jordan Times, by Amjad Ghsoun)
Published 11 Nov,2020 via The Jordan Times AMMAN — From centenarian women to those who recently turned 18, women headed to the polling stations Tuesday to exercise their right to vote in parliamentary elections with their old and new demands awaiting to be voiced by their potential representatives.
Um Najeh Sawi, a 106-year-old woman from Jerash, became an Internet sensation on election day when a photo of her wearing a mask on her way to the polling station was posted online.
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