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Balance our Parliament

Balance our Parliament

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Started by Sophie Gulloch 11 years, 4 months ago
My fellow Australians, over 50% of our population is female (World Bank 2012). However, in the Australian Parliament, which is the elected people to govern our country, you would expect that there would be elected representatives that are also 50% female. This is not the case. According to a report by Dr Joy McCann and Janet Wilson, "Australian women continue to be significantly under-represented in parliament and executive government, comprising less than one-third of all parliamentarians and one-fifth of all ministers."


I believe that this is not a fair representation of our society. Parliaments need to balance the ratio of women to men.


Join with me in asking all governments in Australia to actively correct this imbalance. Sign my petition below to send a clear message to our elected officials that women should be represented in a more equal fashion. Together we can balance our parliament.

Updates

March 17, 2015

The disparity between our national demographic and our parliamentary representation remains a stark point of concern. I am currently collating the feedback left by those who signed to better frame this issue for our elected leaders.

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Mya
11 years ago Featured

OMG!!!!!! THIS IS MY LIFE DREAM IN THREE PARAGRAPHS. BALANCE OUR PARLIAMENT TODAY EVERYONE!!!!

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Kathleen Gulloch
11 years ago Featured

I totally agree with your view - I think that women are equally as capable as men and therefore there should be a fairer representation within the Australian governments.

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Heather Ridge
11 years ago Featured

women should be allowed to be in the government. In fact women are allowed to vote so they should be equaled to men.

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Graham Macdonald
11 years ago Featured

I agree - the gender imbalance within the Australian governments should be addressed.

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Laura Gulloch
11 years ago Featured

Increasing awareness with regards to understanding, and overcoming, gender inequality in Australia is extremely important.

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Jessica Green
11 years ago Featured

Well done Sophie! This is a very serious issue in Australia that we need to stop.

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Monique
11 years ago

Hi, good website friend

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Phoebe Lavan
11 years ago

;)

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