WOMEN IN POLITICS WORLD WIDE

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A GOVERNMENT OF OUR PEERS MEANS

      OUR GOVERNMENTS SHOULD BE 50% WOMEN

As of 2016, nearly 20 percent of the mayors in US cities with populations over 30,000 are women. Also, there are women at the helm of many of the world’s most important cities: Paris, Madrid and Barcelona, Rome, Tokyo, Sydney, and Santiago de Chile.

Why does it matter? 

The importance of women in politics extends beyond issues of proper representation and political visibility. It is also a matter of public policy and agenda setting. Several studies show that female politicians tend to be more involved than their male counterparts in promoting bills and policies concerning social affairs, health and gender equality. Therefore, the appointment of more women to key political positions is likely to result in the promotion of a variety of issues that otherwise might not be addressed.

In order to increase the number of women in key political positions in Israel, the government should consider introducing affirmative action measures. The adoption of gender quotas, for example, has resulted in a substantial increase in female political representation in France, Portugal and, most recently, Ireland. 

~SOURCE THE JERUSALEM POST

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IF ALL VOICES WERE VALUED EQUALLY 

(BY GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY) 

EVEN IF IT WASN'T BETTER 

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE

IT WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BE DIFFERENT

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