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A member of women's faction, Fatima Aalia, said here on Monday that the faction intends to change into a ‘women and family faction' in parliament in order to facilitate the path toward establishing a ‘women and family committee'.
In an interview with the Mehr News Agency, Aalia refuted a claim that currently men are members of the women faction, saying that the faction only consists of female lawmakers.
However, she said if a faction of women and family is established then male MPs can be members of the faction to discuss bills and proposals related to women and family.
She added that the establishment of a women and family faction will serve as a catalyst to propose the formation of a professional ‘women and family committee' which needs a two-thirds parliamentary vote.
