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Norway's female MPs tell women to 'give a damn'

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'Maybe women deserve men setting the agenda," a conservative female politician said Friday as emotions ran high over a study that showed men know more about politics than women, and that the gender gap was wider in Norway than in comparable countries such as Australia.

"Men work full-time, they take responsibility at home, and they still keep up to date with the news. Maybe we then deserve to have men setting the agenda and political priorities,"  said Høyre party politician Heidi Nordby Lunde, who is number seven on the party's list for Oslo in the upcoming national elections to parliament...

We invite you to read the full article published July 26

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'Maybe women deserve men setting the agenda," a conservative female politician said Friday as emotions ran high over a study that showed men know more about politics than women, and that the gender gap was wider in Norway than in comparable countries such as Australia.

"Men work full-time, they take responsibility at home, and they still keep up to date with the news. Maybe we then deserve to have men setting the agenda and political priorities,"  said Høyre party politician Heidi Nordby Lunde, who is number seven on the party's list for Oslo in the upcoming national elections to parliament...

We invite you to read the full article published July 26

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