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Gender equality in politics: a reality?
"A slow march towards gender balance in politics": it is in these words that the Council of Europe describes the state of women's participation in decision-making bodies in Europe.
The Council of Europe notes that, on the basis of.a European survey from 2005, only one country, Sweden, had reached the level of 40% of women in the national parliament, while apart from the other Scandinavian countries, Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain were not far behind. In half of Europe, the representation of women was below 20% and seven countries had less than 10% (Albania, Armenia, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Turkey and Ukraine).
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