阿联酋女性参选人数破纪录

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A record number of women are running for seats on the United Arab Emirates' legislative body, the Federal National Council. The country’s National Election Committee has released a preliminary list of 469 candidates, of which 85 are female.
竞选阿拉伯联合酋长国的立法构联邦国民议会的议员席位的妇女人数创了新高纪录。阿联酋全国选举委员会公布了一份有469名候选人的初选名单，当中85人为女性。
The United Arab Emirates has made a number of reforms to this year’s election process in light of the widespread civil unrest gripping the region.
阿拉伯联合酋长国有鉴于普遍的民众骚乱蔓延中东地区，已经就今年的选举过程进行了几项改革。
Last month, the number of eligible voters was raised to about 130,000 from the less than 7,000 during the first poll in 2006. Women now account for 46 percent of the electorate.
上个月，有资格投票的选民人数增加到大约13万人。在2006年第一次投票期间，选民人数还不到七千人。妇女现在占全体选民人数46%。
Speaking last week at the candidate registration center in Dubai, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammad Gargash said he was “very pleased” with the number of female applicants this year and said election preparations are on track.
阿联酋外交事务国务部长安瓦尔.穆罕默德.卡尔卡什上星期在迪拜的候选人登记中心谈话。他说，他对今年的女性申请人数感到“非常高兴”，他还说选举预备工作已经上轨道了。
"In 2006 we were very organized, but I think this year we are even more organized and I think the process is going very well," he said.
卡尔卡什说：“我们在2006年时很有组织，但我想今年甚至会更有组织，过程进行得很顺利。”
Polls will open across the country on September 24.
全国各地将在9月24日开始投票。
Voters in each of the seven emirates that make up the UAE will elect half of the 40-member Federal National Council. The nation’s rulers will choose the remaining 20 representatives.
阿联酋七个酋长国的选民将选出联邦国民议会40名代表中的一半，剩下的20名则由阿联酋的统治者选出。
The council does not have any real legislative power, but rather provides an advisory function, submitting recommendations that may or may not be implemented. Like all legislative bodies in the Gulf region, ultimate control lies with the ruling families.
这个议会没有任何实质的立法权力，但提供了顾问的功能，针对该实施或不该实施什么政策提出建议。就像波斯湾所有的立法机构，最终的控制权还是在统治家族手中。
Nevertheless, Gargash says many UAE nationals believe participating in the council elections is an important part of the country’s slow process of democratic reform.
尽管如此，卡尔卡什说，许多阿联酋人相信，参加议会选举是这个国家缓慢的民主改革进程中很重要的一个部分。
"Many of them have this ambition to participate regardless of what the results are," said Gargash. "Even if they feel it is going to be a difficult election for them because there are other more qualified candidates, they still want to participate and I think that is very encouraging."
卡尔卡什说：“他们很多人有参选的企图心，不管结果如何。即使他们觉得这对他们来讲是很困难的选举，因为有其他更多更有资格的候选人，但他们还是想参选，因此我想这是很令人振奋的。”
Mohammed al-Bakri from Dubai is running for election, but says he is not concerned about winning or losing.
来自迪拜的穆罕默德.埃尔巴克里加入了竞选行列，但他说他不担心输赢。
"It is something new happening in the UAE and somebody has to push it," said Bakri. "Participating is number one, whoever reaches there [wins], hopefully is the best."
埃尔巴克里：“这对阿联酋是个新鲜事，必须有人来推动它。首先就是去参选，不管谁赢了，我们都希望他们是最好的。”
Female political participation is a relatively new phenomenon in the Gulf Arab states.
女性政治参与在波斯湾阿拉伯国家相对来说是一个新的现象。
In the past UAE election, one woman was elected to the FNC. The government appointed eight others.
在阿联酋过去的选举中，有一名妇女选上联邦国民议会，而政府指派了其他八名。
Women are allowed to run for office in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, however, the electoral commission in Saudi Arabia announced earlier this year that women would not be allowed to run or vote in the kingdom’s long-delayed municipal elections, scheduled to be held next month.
巴林、科威特、阿曼的妇女被允许竞选公职，然而，沙特阿拉伯的选举委员会今年早些时候宣布，妇女不允许就沙特阿拉伯的市政选举进行参选或投票。这个沙特王国的市政选举已经延迟了很长一段时间，预计在下个月举行。
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