The Morning Call
Women continue to miss out in the executive branches of governments and parliaments worldwide. This is according to the 2017 edition of Women in Politics Map launched by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women, which shows slow progress towards gender equality in these areas at regional and national levels.
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