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17.7 percent
The record percentage of women serving in parliaments around the world as of Jan. 1. That is up from 16.3 percent at the end of 2005 and 15.7 percent in December 2004, according to Anders Johnsson, the secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an association of national legislatures. “It is very slow progress,” Johnsson said.
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Page compiled from Tribune news services.
