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Equal Voice: Electing More Women in Canada.

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  • Title: Equal Voice: Electing More Women in Canada.
  • Author : Canadian Parliamentary Review
  • Release Date : January 22, 2007
  • Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 238 KB

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Canada's international ranking on the Inter-Parliamentary Union, "List of Women in National Parliaments," has recently slipped to 47th in the world. Despite enjoying economic prosperity and political stability, Canada now has fewer women in parliament than many less developed countries such as Mauritania, Uganda, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq. How long will it take for Canada to catch up--thirty years, perhaps forty years? This article aims to unravel the causes of Canada's under-representation of women in politics and outlines Equal Voice's action plan to address this inequality. The under-representation of women in the Canadian political system has been well documented by academics, parliament and the media. (1) Despite a 2004 poll conducted by the Centre for Research and Information on Canada, stating that 90 per cent of Canadians want more women elected, (2) the representation of women in the House of Commons has reached a plateau of 20.8 per cent with only 64 women sitting as Members of Parliaments. (3) Similarly, the glass ceiling for women in municipal (4) and provincial governments hovers around 21 per cent. (5) Equal Voice is a non-profit organization which aims to change the face of Canadian politics by facilitating the election of more women at all levels of government.


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