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United Kingdom: Why so few women elected?

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Newly elected Conservative MP Michelle Donelan appears in this Channel 4 news video with Lesley Abdela debating the issue of women in politics. Watch and cringe - she is, of course, against quotas. We need quality, not quantity, she cries. 

Alison Clarke on May 19, 2010

Submitted on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 13:33
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  • United Kingdom
  • Empowerment
  • [state] women’s political participation

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