By some measures, women are making huge gains when it comes to elected politics in Canada.
Currently, five provinces and one territory representing 85 per cent of Canada’s total population are governed by women premiers and a record high of 76 women were elected to Parliament in the last federal election in 2011, including a record 18 women under the age of 40.
That’s an amazing turnaround from even a few years ago when there wasn’t a single woman premier in the country and the number of women elected to Parliament was actually falling.
Unfortunately, the applause over these recent gains is actually masking a troubling trend that sees fewer women — not more — being elected to public office.
We invite our users to read the complete article published October 9 2013 here:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/10/09/more_women_in_cana…
By some measures, women are making huge gains when it comes to elected politics in Canada.
Currently, five provinces and one territory representing 85 per cent of Canada’s total population are governed by women premiers and a record high of 76 women were elected to Parliament in the last federal election in 2011, including a record 18 women under the age of 40.
That’s an amazing turnaround from even a few years ago when there wasn’t a single woman premier in the country and the number of women elected to Parliament was actually falling.
Unfortunately, the applause over these recent gains is actually masking a troubling trend that sees fewer women — not more — being elected to public office.
We invite our users to read the complete article published October 9 2013 here:
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/10/09/more_women_in_cana…