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Symbolically, it is a rather powerful message from a country with a conservative reputation to have four or five women out of the seven seats in the government. PASCAL SCIARINI, head of the University of Geneva’s political science institute.
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2010

Open quoteSymbolically, it is a rather powerful message from a country with a conservative reputation to have four or five women out of the seven seats in the government.Close quote

  • PASCAL SCIARINI,
  • head of the University of Geneva's political science institute, on the newly appointed Swiss cabinet, made up of a majority of women for the first time
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