David Cameron has defended his pledge to give a third of ministerial jobs in a Conservative government to women.
He says he believes it is a "realistic aspiration" to have such high numbers of women in Cabinet and junior ranks by the end of his first term in office. But ordering all-women shortlists as a way of getting more women involved in politics was "a step too far", he said. Seven members of Mr Cameron's 30-strong frontbench team are women. Seventeen out of the party's 196 MPs are female.To read the full article, please visit BBC Europe News