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The under-representation of women in politics is unacceptable, according to PACE

05/03/2009 Equality and Non-Discrimination

“The under-representation of women in elected posts is quite simply unacceptable in societies which are supposed to be democratic, and we have to find new ways of giving women access to decision-making processes" said Carmen Quintanilla Barba (Spain EPP/CD), a member of the PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, speaking in Brussels today at the European Parliament conference on Women and European Elections.

Ms Quintanilla Barba pointed out that the PACE Gender Equality Prize has been designed to reward action by political parties that has brought about a significant improvement in women’s participation in elected assemblies, political parties and their respective executive bodies.