Women's General Association of Macau

The Women's General Association of Macau (Chinese: 澳門婦女聯合總會; Portuguese: Associação Geral das Mulheres de Macau), often shortened to the Women's Association (婦聯), is a pro-Beijing political party in Macau. It has two seats in the Legislative Assembly.

Women's General Association of Macau
Chinese name澳門婦女聯合總會
Portuguese nameAssociação Geral das Mulheres de Macau
PresidentHo Teng-iat
ChairmanLam Un-mui
Founded1950 (1950)
Registered22 November 1980 (1980-11-22)
Headquarters202 Rua do Campo, Macau
NewspaperMacau Women
Membership (2021)40,000+
IdeologyConservatism
Feminism
Political positionCentre-right
Regional affiliationPro-Beijing
Colors  Pink
Legislative Assembly
2 / 33
Website
www.macauwomen.org.mo

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,[1] and is regarded as one of the camp's traditional groups.[2]

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 (美好家園聯盟).[3] The association returned to parliament with two members in 2021, its best result since the split.[2]

Leadership

The leadership of the 36th Council and Supervisory Board members:[4]

  • Leader: Ho Teng-iat (賀定一)
  • Chairperson: Lam Un-mui (林婉妹)
  • Secretary-general: (庄玲玲)

Electoral performance
Election Number of
popular votes		  % of
popular votes		 GC
seats		 FC
seats		 EC
seats		 Total seats +/−
1992 UPP ticket 2 0 0
2 / 23
 —
1996 UPP ticket 2 0 0
2 / 23
 0Steady
2001 UPP ticket 2 0 0
2 / 27
 0Steady
2005 UPP ticket 2 0 0
2 / 29
 0Steady
2009 UPP ticket 1 0 0
1 / 29
 1Decrease
2013 UPP ticket 2 0 0
2 / 33
 1Increase
2017 9,496Steady 5.50Steady 1 0 0
1 / 33
 1Decrease
2021 14,232Increase 10.78Increase 2 0 0
2 / 33
 1Increase

Elected members

Members elected under UGAMM ticket are not shown.

  • Wong Kit-cheng, 2017 – incumbent
  • Ma Io-fong, 2021 – incumbent

References
  1. "關於婦聯 – 簡介". Macauwomen. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  2. 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". 力報. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. "『群力』『婦聯』分頭出擊". Cheng Pou. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  4. "婦聯主要負責人". Macauwomen. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
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