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Already has a few t.q. ones that for all parties there is a look around at the situation in german politics time after consider. in current developments i have come to the conclusion that we will only be able to achieve gender balance if we institute binding regulation ice in germany women have been allowed to vote for one hundred years but gender equality in politics doesnt and that as long as those in government continue to be mostly men germany is the fall of the muck when it comes to gender ...

I mean a lot of people around the world they look at the german chancellor and they say well germany has had a female chancellor for thirteen years how can it be then that parliament is so under represented when it comes to women and also other parts of society still to have parity how was that possible but i think in order to become chancellor there you have a few different. reasons and one of them is also luck so the reason why she became chancellor was of course because. strategic thinking bu...

Via. and. also when we have a parliament and large committees that represent the people. when the fact is it is then its a good goal to say that half of them should be women. and those that the it is about the population is fairly represented at. c m the goal must be parity parity everywhere. germany still has a long way to go on that front. but chancellor merkel didnt want to be pinned down about how to get that. america is germanys first female chancer but while making itself is still a mans w...

Time.lo on candidate front, what i think was most interesting here, chris, you see candidates that dont look like typical candidates for senate or congress. and i think if you look at the energy, i think 32 -- we had 32n increase in turnout this year which is a tremendous amount of increase. a lot of these new people, a lot of them women candidates and you look at sort of the gender gap advantage that democrats took here, a lot of these new candidates that they recruited that fit these districts...

Be a record number of women serving in the united states congress, even though its still nowhere near 50/50 parity as the country is. and a bunch of people coming from all sorts of backgrounds. there are several candidates of color, african americans who are representing majority white districts. its going to be an interesting mix. how do you see this new coalition working? >> oh, i think its going to work absolutely great. you threw out there women of color. let me also recognize lauren underwo...

However symbolically significant it may be to have a woman at the helm women are still under represented in german parliament and when it comes to the economy science and culture women count for hof the population but make up only thirty percent of the members of parliament within government theres a growing demand for laws that would increase the number of women in parliament. then via. always when we have a parliament and large committees that represent the people. then its a good goal to say ...

That out of this. however symbolically significant it may be to have a woman at the helm women are still under represented in german parliament and when it comes to the economy science and culture women count for hof the population but make up only thirty percent of the members of parliament within government theres growing demand for laws that would increase the number of women in parliament. then the n i lament went. oh when we have a parliament and large committees that represent the people. ...

Binding regulation ice in germany women have been allowed to vote for one hundred years but gender equality in politics doesnt and that as long as those in government continue to be mostly men germany is the fall off the mark when it comes to gender equality. and we have our chief political editor michel are now with me here that we mentioned that chancellor merkel is speaking at a ceremony to mark one hundred years of german women getting the vote here in berlin where does she see her role in a...

While losing numbers overall in congress. tennessees marsha blackburn moves from the house to the senate. while south dakota shatters the ceiling of the state, the first woman. last winter, she farmed on her ranch. >> you prefer a tractor to an airplane. >> i do, you have control over your own destiny. >> reporter: progress, but women still only make up about one in four members of congress. >> its a notable increase. but i dont think its the tsunami that was talked about throughout the whole ca...

And so i feel like he is answering the call and trying to balance prudence with his responsibilities as a party leader. >> one of the things that -- when he was president, i wanted him to go out there and be that big movement leader. and he said he didnt want to do that. he wanted to be in d.c. and govern. a lot of hope and change who wanted him out there doing what trump is doing he didnt think that was right. now to see trump out there doing it is frustrating for democrats. its good to see oba...