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Challenges
for a Greater Participation of Women in Local Governments in Latin America |
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19 March, 2008 Within the framework of the
Project “Strengthening governance with a gender perspective and
the political participation of women at the local level in Latin America”
of UN-INSTRAW, the workshop entitled “Challenges and Opportunities
for a Greater Participation of Women in Local Governments in Latin America”,
was held on 17-19 march 2008 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Although
in the last decade the number of women in political posts at the national
level in Latin America has increased significantly, according to data
collected by UN-INSTRAW in 16 Latin American countries, only 5.3% of
governments at the local level are headed by women mayors. This
implies that most Latin American municipalities, where women participate less
in decision-making posts, lack plurality and representativeness, |
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