“Are you searching for a VIP club very selective and reserved to men? Register to parliament.com” proclaimed the last campaign of a French feminist association a month ago, protesting against the inequality of access between men and women to the public sphere. Even if nowadays,in not a single country women are denied the right to vote anymore, there is clearly no similar opportunities for both men and women to participate in politics. Only 20% of French deputies are women, and it is still very difficult for them to break the glass ceiling. As both a feminist and a political activist, gender equality, especially in politics, has been one of the issue I am most interested in for a long time. I am already trying to contribute to it by volunteering in a Chilean association called “Communidad mujer”, but this issue is definitely the one of those I would campaign for in the future.
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