?? Sri Lanka election: New law sees more women standing

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The polls close in just a few minutes in Sri Lanka where more women than ever are hoping to get elected into government.

Voters are choosing representatives in more than three hundred local elections.

A change in the law now requires women to fill a quarter of all seats.

Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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