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Ireland: Nothern Ireland - Women to Unite Over Political Inequality

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Ireland: Nothern Ireland - Women to Unite Over Political Inequality

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Women from all the main parties are set to join forces next week - to demand an increase in females in the next Assembly. Yet only one in six candidates fighting it out for the 108 seats are women - a marginal drop compared to the last Stormont election. Women now represent a slight majority in the province (51%) even before the next census figures are revealed.

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Women from all the main parties are set to join forces next week - to demand an increase in females in the next Assembly. Yet only one in six candidates fighting it out for the 108 seats are women - a marginal drop compared to the last Stormont election. Women now represent a slight majority in the province (51%) even before the next census figures are revealed.

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