According to the PACE President, “men and women need to push together more forcefully for change to come. It is our responsibility to do, as citizens and as politicians”. For PACE Equality Committee Chair Petra Bayr (Austria, SOC), « we just can’t afford to continue ignoring the knowledge and experience we’re losing by excluding women. »
Marking International Women’s Day in a video statement, Rik Daems and Petra Bayr take a look at progress in representation of women in politics and decision making in Europe.
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