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Women, political power and gender equality law in Paraguay

Latin America has once again become void of female presidents and only 13.4% of local posts were occupied by women in 2016. Paraguay is no exception. Español

By Tomas Dosek
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Ex-Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during official handing over of the Relatório de Proteção Social para uma Globalização Equitativa e Inclusiva with ex-Chilean president Michelle Bachelet

“Don’t ask for equality, you’re beautiful without it” Horacio Cartes, President of Paraguay 

On the 11th of March, 2018, the presidential mandate of Michelle Bachelet in Chile came to an end making Latin America once more a hemisphere void of female presidents. 

This fact garnered much deserved attention among both regional and international press (La República, Infobae, New York Times, BBC, El País, among others).

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