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Bolivia: Unprecedented Gender Parity in Cabinet

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"My great dream has come true: half of the members of my cabinet are women, and half are men," said a visibly moved Morales when he presented his new team of ministers Saturday, the day after he was sworn in to a second term."This was an impressive surprise," Jimena Leonardo, one of the heads of the Bartolina Sisa federation of peasant women of La Paz, told IPS.Three of the 10 female members of the cabinet are indigenous social activists.
To read the complete story, please visit IPS News.

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"My great dream has come true: half of the members of my cabinet are women, and half are men," said a visibly moved Morales when he presented his new team of ministers Saturday, the day after he was sworn in to a second term."This was an impressive surprise," Jimena Leonardo, one of the heads of the Bartolina Sisa federation of peasant women of La Paz, told IPS.Three of the 10 female members of the cabinet are indigenous social activists.
To read the complete story, please visit IPS News.

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