Following Nomination Day last Saturday, we now have 570 candidates contesting for the 245 state seats in the August 12th polls. But only 71 of the candidates are women. That’s a meagre 12.5%, meaning one woman for every 7 male candidates. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Arinah Najwa Ahmad Said, Director at the political risk consultancy, Bower Group Asia.