11. Lack of media support. Minority women in political participation lack media
support or do not know how best to work with the media and enlist their support
and use them to advance their, causes and positions.
SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
The solutions to the challenges facing minority women in political participation lies in the
following:
Economic empowerment. We need to create a global fund for minority women that
can be used to economically empower minority women in political leadership,
grassroots women leaders and minority women in poverty and marginalization. The
fund can also be used to help minority women in leadership
to conduct outreach and help fund development projects iii. their- constituencies.
This will elevate minority women and ease their participation in the political
process and put them at par with other more endured women and male
counterparts.
2. Education and training. There is a need to build the capacity of minority women at
all levels of political participation though education and training. Minority women in most
parts of the world are naturally less educated and it is very hard for them to succeed in
politics and leadership without skills for the job. They
need trainings on political leadership and participation, advocacy, lobbying,