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Ann Wicks, Raylene Lang-Dion
Canada's international ranking on the Inter-Parliamentary Union, ¿List of Women in National Parliaments,¿ has recently slipped to 47th in the world. Despite enjoying economic prosperity and political stability, Canada now has fewer women in parliament than many less developed countries such as Mauritania, Uganda, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Iraq. How long will it take for Canada to catch up ¿ thirty years, perhaps forty years? This article aims to unravel the causes of Canada's under-representation of women in politics and outlines Equal Voice's action plan to address this inequality.
