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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Minister: Morocco has more women in gov't than Israel

YNET
Immigrant Absorption Minister Sofa Landver represented Israel at a Euro-Med conference dedicated to the status of women, held in Morocco this year, and was surprised to find that "even Morocco has 14 female ministers and we only have two."

...The minister said she was surprised to learn that in comparison to other countries in the world, as well as in comparison to Arab states, Israel falls behind in terms of female representation in government. Full story
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