Women's General Association of Macau explained

Women's General Association of Macau
Lang1:Chinese
Name Lang1:Chinese: 澳門婦女聯合總會
Lang2:Portuguese
Name Lang2:Portuguese: Associação Geral das Mulheres de Macau
President:Ho Teng-iat
Chairman:Lam Un-mui
Founders:-->
Membership Year:2021
Position:Left-wing[1]
Newspaper:Macau Women
Membership:40,000+
Ideology:Feminism
Headquarters:202 Rua do Campo, Macau
Regional:Pro-Beijing
Colors: Pink
Seats1 Title:Legislative Assembly
Seats1:
State:Macau

The Women's General Association of Macau (Chinese: t=澳門婦女聯合總會; Portuguese: Associação Geral das Mulheres de Macau), often shortened to the Women's Association (Chinese: 婦聯), is a pro-Beijing political party in Macau. It has two seats in the Legislative Assembly.

History

The Women's General Association of Macau was formed in 1950. It advocated the unity of "patriotic women" in Macau, connected women with different social backgrounds, and protecting women's rights. The association has positioned itself in the pro-Beijing camp,[2] and is regarded as one of the camp's traditional groups.[3]

The association formed an electoral alliance with other pro-Beijing parties in the 1992 legislative election, under the name "Progress Promotion Union". The association separated from the alliance in 2017 and ran as Alliance for a Happy Home (Chinese: 美好家園聯盟, Portuguese: Aliança do Bom Lar).[4] The association returned to parliament with two members in 2021, its best result since the split.

Leadership

The leadership of the 36th Council and Supervisory Board members:[5]

Electoral performance

ElectionNumber of
popular votes
% of
popular votes
GC
seats
FC
seats
EC
seats
Total seats+/−
1992UPP ticket200
1996UPP ticket2000
2001UPP ticket2000
2005UPP ticket2000
2009UPP ticket1001
2013UPP ticket2001
20179,4965.501001
202114,23210.782001

Elected members

Members elected under UGAMM ticket are not shown.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 澳門政經二十年 . 978-626-317-669-0 . 在所有傳統社團中,五個有影響力的親共左派社團尤為重要。他們是澳門中華總商會、澳門工會聯合總會(工聯)、澳門中華教育會、澳門街坊總會和澳門婦女聯合總會。從勞工、教育到社區,這些社團可說是涵蓋了澳門最重要的社會部門(Chou,2015)。 . 楊鳴宇 . 林仲軒 . 吳明軒 . 廖志輝 . 李展鵬 . 呂開顏 . 王紅宇 . 馬天龍 . 16 March 2022 . 五南圖書出版股份有限公司 .
  2. Web site: 關於婦聯 – 簡介. 2021-11-09. Macauwomen.
  3. Web site: 力報. 「美好家園聯盟」立會首獲兩席 黃潔貞馬耀鋒:續為婦幼爭權益. 2021-11-09. 力報.
  4. Web site: 『群力』『婦聯』分頭出擊. 2021-11-09. Cheng Pou.
  5. Web site: 婦聯主要負責人. 2021-11-09. Macauwomen.