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June 2, 2016

Welcome manual for women elected municipal officials

This manual seeks to help women during their first time as a politician in their local municipality as it is a tool that will help women elected officials to carry out their role as local elected officials.

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This manual seeks to help women during their first time as a politician in their local municipality as it is a tool that will help women elected officials to carry out their role as local elected officials.

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Spain just elected its most feminist parliament ever

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Spain just elected its most feminist parliament ever

The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men.

With all the votes counted on Monday morning, it is now clear that 46.8 percent of elected members of parliament will be women.

There will be 164 women in the lower chamber sitting alongside 186 men – 26 more women than there were in the last legislature.

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The new batch of MPs to take their seats in Spain’s Congress will include more women than ever before – almost but not quite as many as men.

With all the votes counted on Monday morning, it is now clear that 46.8 percent of elected members of parliament will be women.

There will be 164 women in the lower chamber sitting alongside 186 men – 26 more women than there were in the last legislature.

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Ana Pastor elected President of the Congress of Deputies in Spain

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Ana Pastor elected President of the Congress of Deputies in Spain

The Congress of Deputies of Spain has chosen a woman, Ana Pastor, as president for the 12th Legislature last July 19. Ana Pastor, a graduate in medicine and until then Minister of Public Works and Transport of Spain and Member of Parliament for the province of Pontevedra, was elected president of the lower house on second ballot.

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The Congress of Deputies of Spain has chosen a woman, Ana Pastor, as president for the 12th Legislature last July 19. Ana Pastor, a graduate in medicine and until then Minister of Public Works and Transport of Spain and Member of Parliament for the province of Pontevedra, was elected president of the lower house on second ballot.

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Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco shot dead in Leon

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Spanish politician Isabel Carrasco shot dead in Leon

A top politician in northern Spain has been shot dead in public and two women have been arrested.

Isabel Carrasco, head of the provincial government in Leon and a member of the governing People's Party (PP), was shot as she crossed a footbridge.

Spanish media say the arrested women are the wife and daughter of a local police chief.

We invite you to read the full article published May 13, 2014

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A top politician in northern Spain has been shot dead in public and two women have been arrested.

Isabel Carrasco, head of the provincial government in Leon and a member of the governing People's Party (PP), was shot as she crossed a footbridge.

Spanish media say the arrested women are the wife and daughter of a local police chief.

We invite you to read the full article published May 13, 2014

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iKNOW Politics at the 10th Congress of the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders (UIM)

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iKNOW Politics at the 10th Congress of the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders (UIM)

On October 14 through 19, Ibero-American Municipal Leaders Week: "Good Governance and Quality of Local Democracy" and the 10th Congress of the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders were held in Almería (Spain), organized by the the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders (UIM), together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Almería Town Council, Almería District Council and the Menéndez Pelayo International University.

 

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On October 14 through 19, Ibero-American Municipal Leaders Week: "Good Governance and Quality of Local Democracy" and the 10th Congress of the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders were held in Almería (Spain), organized by the the Ibero-American Union of Municipal Leaders (UIM), together with the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the Almería Town Council, Almería District Council and the Menéndez Pelayo International University.

 

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