The number of women serving in government posts increased in the past two years in Cuba, where females now hold around 45 percent of the seats in parliament, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday.
"As a result of the government strategies for promoting women" seven government bodies, including the supreme court and the central bank, have filled between 50 percent and 70 percent of their top and essential positions with women.
The ministers of Food Industry, Finances and Prices, Internal Commerce, Education, Labor, Science, Justice and Light Industry are all women, as are the heads of the Water Resources Institute and the Controller-General's Office.
Granma emphasizes that the Cuban Parliament is the national legislative body with the third highest percentage of women in the world with 45.2 percent females among its members, according to figures from last December.
The number of women serving in government posts increased in the past two years in Cuba, where females now hold around 45 percent of the seats in parliament, Communist Party daily Granma said Thursday.
"As a result of the government strategies for promoting women" seven government bodies, including the supreme court and the central bank, have filled between 50 percent and 70 percent of their top and essential positions with women.
The ministers of Food Industry, Finances and Prices, Internal Commerce, Education, Labor, Science, Justice and Light Industry are all women, as are the heads of the Water Resources Institute and the Controller-General's Office.
Granma emphasizes that the Cuban Parliament is the national legislative body with the third highest percentage of women in the world with 45.2 percent females among its members, according to figures from last December.
