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Ukraine: women are underrepresented in politics

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Ukrainian's women politicians occupy 8 percent of seats in Parliament (36 seats out of 450). According to Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko, changing the electoral system in country will lead to a reduction of female parliamentarians. The solution may be the optimization of  majority districts election procedure. This should double the chance of regional women candidates to enter the Parliament.

 

To read the complete article in Russian please visit www.ubr.ua

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Ukrainian's women politicians occupy 8 percent of seats in Parliament (36 seats out of 450). According to Deputy Prime Minister Mykola Tomenko, changing the electoral system in country will lead to a reduction of female parliamentarians. The solution may be the optimization of  majority districts election procedure. This should double the chance of regional women candidates to enter the Parliament.

 

To read the complete article in Russian please visit www.ubr.ua

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