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Progress too slow: PM laments pace at which women advance in politics in Jamaica
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says not enough progress has been made to increase the number of women involved in parliamentary decision-making since adult suffrage in 1944, arguing that the pace at which they are being integrated leaves much to be desired.
"We cannot sit back and feel comfortable because a few women have been able to break through the barriers and create history," Simpson Miller said.
In the 70 years since adult suffrage, only 35 of the 362 persons elected to Parliament have been women.
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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says not enough progress has been made to increase the number of women involved in parliamentary decision-making since adult suffrage in 1944, arguing that the pace at which they are being integrated leaves much to be desired.
"We cannot sit back and feel comfortable because a few women have been able to break through the barriers and create history," Simpson Miller said.
In the 70 years since adult suffrage, only 35 of the 362 persons elected to Parliament have been women.
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Women Making Great Strides In Politics Since Independence, Jamaica
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Sandrea Falconer, the minister with responsibility for gender affairs, in a statement in the Senate on Friday, said that women have broken the glass ceiling in politics but there is need for more to be involved in the process.
"We have elected a female prime minister, which means that we have broken the glass ceiling at the highest level of political leadership," Falconer said.
(We invite our users to read the full article published march 11 2013)
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Sandrea Falconer, the minister with responsibility for gender affairs, in a statement in the Senate on Friday, said that women have broken the glass ceiling in politics but there is need for more to be involved in the process.
"We have elected a female prime minister, which means that we have broken the glass ceiling at the highest level of political leadership," Falconer said.
(We invite our users to read the full article published march 11 2013)