Strengthening women politicians is an international affair

Opinion June 25, 2013

While male dominance in politics just a few decades ago was seen as natural, in the current global discourse a political system that lacks gender parity is not considered to be fully democratic.

Adiam Tedros is Programme Director for ITP at the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy.
Photo: ICLD

Drude Dahlerup is Professor at the Political Science Institute of Stockholm University.
Photo: Stockholm University

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