"Time for Turkish women's voices to be heard
In a society still marked by deep gender inequalities, Erdogan's rhetoric about women's choices has real consequences.
Diba Nigar Goksel Last Modified: 17 Jun 2011 12:30
Turkey's elections resulted in an increase in the number of women in the 550-seat parliament from 48 to 78.
At 14 per cent, the proportion of women in the new parliament is higher than in at least two European Union states, Romania and Cyprus, according to figures compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union. But it still falls well below the EU average, and even the world average of about 19 per cent."
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