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 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is in town and we assembled an international panel on Gibraltar Today: CPA Secretary-General Stephen Twigg, CPA Small Branches Chairperson Joy Burch (also Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislature) and Deputy Speaker of the Fiji Parliament, Lenora Qereqeretabua.Presenter Jonathan Scott also asked them about the climate emergency.And he sought the views of two young Gibraltarians who have mingled with the visiting politicians from the Commonwealth. Adriana Lopez and Aaron Santos have represented Gibraltar at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament and have attended some of the fringe events at this conference, held in Gibraltar.On Wednesdays we go into one topic in more depth, so it's a slightly longer podcast. Thank you for listening :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.