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Power2Her - 07.03.2019
Women in politics | CEMR study shows Europe needs more women to run for election Did you know that only 16% of Europe’s mayors are women? And that only 8 European capitals have a woman mayor?
The new CEMR study, “Women in politics” is one of a kind: it provides deep and disturbing insight into the political representation of women, at all levels of governance - local, regional, national and European - between 2008 and 2018.
With this study, CEMR is calling out a blatant inequality: over the past ten years, the number of women mayors and municipal councillors only rose from 13% to 16% . The same applies to the national level: women’s representation in national parliaments has only increased from 25% to 29% since 2008.
“While women are a majority among ...
The new CEMR study, “Women in politics” is one of a kind: it provides deep and disturbing insight into the political representation of women, at all levels of governance - local, regional, national and European - between 2008 and 2018.
With this study, CEMR is calling out a blatant inequality: over the past ten years, the number of women mayors and municipal councillors only rose from 13% to 16% . The same applies to the national level: women’s representation in national parliaments has only increased from 25% to 29% since 2008.
“While women are a majority among ...
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