Women in Politics

As the American November election is approaching, more women – mostly Democrats – will be vying for a seat in congress.

Well, women parliamentarians still have a pretty long way to go in many parts of the world. If we look at the OECD countries, Japan with only 9.3% of women in parliament has some formidable work to do.

Yet, our own United States that spearheaded feminism in the 60's has less than one out of five women in Congress while France with one out four isn't doing much better.

As one would expect, Finland, Swedenand Iceland are leading the pack with respectively 42%, 43.6% and 47.6% of women member of parliament, but the real great surprise is Mexico, our neighbor to the south, is at a remarkable 42.6%.

¡Bravo!