International Women’s Day, 2023 - World Parliaments Could Take Another 80 Years to Achieve Gender Parity Among Legislators
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 08 (IPS) - For the first time in history, says a new report from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), not a single functioning parliament in the world is “male-only”.

Is the increasing number of women in parliaments a singular achievement for gender empowerment? Or is it the result of mandatory legislative quotas for women’s representation in world’s parliaments?

Read the full story, “International Women’s Day, 2023 - World Parliaments Could Take Another 80 Years to Achieve Gender Parity Among Legislators”, on globalissues.org


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