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draxor_666 t1_itpnmp1 wrote

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

.....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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