France still lags behind other European countries when it comes to the number of women in political power. Just 27 percent of French MPs are female, and only 14 percent of France's 36 thousand mayors are women. The few women who make it into politics are helped by equal opportunity laws, but these can only go so far. A new organization, Women & Power, is attempting to bring female politicians together, to help each other.
Read more at rfi, published 10 December 2012.
France still lags behind other European countries when it comes to the number of women in political power. Just 27 percent of French MPs are female, and only 14 percent of France's 36 thousand mayors are women. The few women who make it into politics are helped by equal opportunity laws, but these can only go so far. A new organization, Women & Power, is attempting to bring female politicians together, to help each other.
Read more at rfi, published 10 December 2012.