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Nokneemouse t1_itovxo6 wrote

Reply to comment by LordSevolox in Women will have equal share of seats in [New Zealand] Parliament with Soraya Peke-Mason's swearing-in by giblefog

Not really the case, we've got excellent politicians and absolute Muppets of both genders. There's not really any push to recruit one particular gender.

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gammonbudju t1_itp9ore wrote

Isn't there a quota system at the party level? At least for the NZ Labour Party?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9357211/Labours-gender-quota-gets-go-ahead

I don't think u/Lordsevolox meant parliamentary gender quotas which would be insane.

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LordSevolox t1_itpa27g wrote

The parties in the U.K. make all female short lists, basically saying only women can run in certain constituencies. Discriminatory, really. Pretty sure they also have all minority ones as well in Labour U.K.

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Nokneemouse t1_itpak1n wrote

There is, but they were three percent behind their quota before they even enacted it.

Identity politics is kinda their thing though.

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draxor_666 t1_itpnmp1 wrote

.....this literally is about enforcing a 50/50 split.

If 4 times as many men apply for the positions....but you enforce a 50/50 gender split....guess what that means?

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The_Permanent_Way t1_itq4kl0 wrote

> .....this literally is about enforcing a 50/50 split.

Huh? NZ parliament has no such rule. Someone quit their job and because the next in line was a woman it happened to bring the numbers to 50/50.

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