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Gender inequality in Parliament, climate emergency

At the current rate, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be reached for another 130 years.

In Gibraltar, only 12% of our members of parliament are women - government minister Samantha Sacramento, and Opposition MP Marlene Hassan Nahon.

Should our parliament take any temporary special measures to increase female representation? Such as, for example, reserving seats for women? Will the political parties contesting the next general election do something meaningful to get more women into politics and into parliament?

This was one of the talking points today. The…

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