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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8902

5 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regions/women
Men far outnumber women in local assemblies, apart from in Sweden and Latvia

Brussels, 04/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - In research into women's involvement in national and local politics, published at the end of February, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) explains that: 1) men outnumber women in local assemblies in all countries; 2) women are far more involved in politics in Scandinavia than in southern countries; and 3) there are high levels of women in local assemblies in two countries, namely Sweden (41.6%) and Latvia (41.1%). The lowest...

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