WE HAD BINDING QUOTAS FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS?
They smile for the camera – the eager new cohort of female parliamentarians. It’s a standard photo, after a general election. A sign, hopefully, of progress.
Over 100 countries in the world have signed up to the goal of gender parity in parliament, an initiative launched at the 1995 World Conference on Women’s Rights in Beijing.
Some countries have made great strides, but generally the pace has been slow and uneven. Today, the global
