Friday, 30 September, 2011
Women's ranks could be thinning in Parliament
Friday is the last day of the current Parliamentary session and the last day for some of the current cohort of lawmakers. Some people may leave Parliament for the last time, if voters don’t re-elect them on October 23. Currently women make up less than 30 percent of the Parliament and they’re worried their ranks be even thinner when the new Parliament is sworn in in December. WRS’s Jordan Davis reports from Bern:
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