Former prime minister says Australia has slid in global rankings ‘as other nations maintain gone ahead’ and both major parties need to boost women in their ranks The former prime minister,Julia Gillard, says Australia has gone backwards as other nations maintain closed the gender gap in terms of representation of women in parliament, and that the issue must be addressed further by both the major political parties.
Amid mounting pressure within Liberal party ranks for the government to boost the number of women entering the parliament,the nation’s first female prime minister has pointed to a decline in female representation which began its slide after she won office.
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Source: theguardian.com