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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 07:14 PM
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Even Italy, Rwanda, and Burundi have more women in their Parliaments
than we do in our Senate.

Only 16% of U.S. Senators are women. Italy's Parliament has 17%, and Rwanda's and Burundi's more than that.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97402636

Today, Italy has the lowest percentage of working women in Europe. Only 2 percent of top management positions are held by women — that's even behind Kuwait — and only 17 percent of the members of parliament are women — less than in Rwanda and Burundi.


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JerseygirlCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-03-09 08:12 PM
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1. Yes, I mean...
Pakistan had a woman PM years ago. A country much under the sway of Islam - and not all of it moderate.

We do still have a ways to go.
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