Posters of the female candidates who contested the 2024 general election outside the Dáil. Photograph: Paul Sharp
Increasing the number of women in political leadership leads to more diverse policies with more emphasis on social justice and feminist issues, a report published on Wednesday finds.
Titled Women who Lead and published by the National Women’s Council (NWC), the 48-page report says women’s presence in politics “matters”, particularly “as gender equality as a societal and political norm is under pressure in many contexts”.
In a statement
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