Gender

Parity in the PLRA (I). The process of struggle for this historic achievement


By Ma. del Pilar Abente Lahaye

After years and years of struggle of liberal women for their political rights and in particular for gender parity in the PLRA, finally in the last Convention of March 13, 2022, the highest party authority approved the inclusion of parity in its bylaws and the long-awaited objective was achieved. Basically, parity in the lists implies that they be composed of half women and half men (50% and 50%). In this article I describe and reflect on the long process that led to this modification of the PLRA statutes.

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