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Westminster Foundation for Democracy guest week: Gender and political progress

Are quotas for female African leaders enough? An interview with Icelandic Pirate Party co-founder Birgitta Jonsdottir. A call to action for British women after Brexit. Coming up in our week focused on gender and political progress.

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Icelandic Pirate Party co-founder Birgitta Jonsdottir. Credit: Flickr/Steve Rhodes. Some rights reserved.
Icelandic Pirate Party co-founder Birgitta Jonsdottir. Credit: Flickr/Steve Rhodes. Some rights reserved.

Icelandic Pirate Party co-founder Birgitta Jonsdottir. Credit: Flickr/Steve Rhodes. Some rights reserved.Globally, more women are participating in politics but that does not mean that the issue of gender equality has been solved. Men are still much more numerous in the decision-making structures that decide who who has power and where resources will go.