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Last update - 00:50 06/06/2008 Israel lags behind Sudan, Pakistan in number of women in legislature By Ruth Sinai, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Knesset, women Sudan, Pakistan, Zambia, and many other developing countries can claim a greater female representation in the legislature than Israel, which is ranked 79th in the world, according to statistics presented to the Israel Women's Network. Four years ago, Israel was ranked 59th in the world. The findings, which were compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an umbrella organization encompassing more than 140 legislatures around the world, show Israel with an average female representation on par with countries in South America and Africa. In the period between the founding of the state and the election of the 14th Knesset, the number of female members of Knesset has ranged from 8 to 11, or 6.6 to 9.1 percent of the total number of lawmakers. There were more women in the 15th Knesset, but the record for the most females in the house was the 16th Knesset, with 21 percent of its members being represented by the fairer sex. The current Knesset's female contingent dropped to 14.2 percent of total membership. Advertisement "A country that claims to be equal and democratic can't continue with these low levels of representation," said the lobby's director-general, Nurit Tzur. "The government is obligated to act in order to augment the female representation in the Knesset and the government." Related articles: Israel marks Int'l Women's Day with music, drama and art Female MKs learn martial arts to defend against sexual assault Arab women - the most exploited group in Israeli workforce Israel Air Force appoints first female deputy squadron commander Bookmark to del.icio.us   Terrorist donuts U.S. Arabs irate over criticism of celebrity cook's kaffiyeh. All the way to hell Rosner's blog: It's Obama's good intentions that pro-Israel activists fear.   1.   We also lag behind them in the number of women murdered 17:06  |  Gee 06/06/08   2.   DON`T WORRY. IT IS STILL THE MOST MURDEROUS REGIME IN THE WORLD 18:24  |  JACKAL 06/06/08   3.   But you are first in many orther aspects 18:43  |  Imad 06/06/08   4.   Who says women want to be MK`s? 19:21  |  Motic 06/06/08   5.   Completely wrong headed statistics 19:30  |  Ben 06/06/08   6.   Imad, if we were first or even trying to do all you say 19:32  |  jj 06/06/08   7.   Wow jackal , you have a twisted sense of hierarchy 19:35  |  jj 06/06/08   8.   how entertaining and surprising, criticism from Jackass and I-mad 19:41  |  jj 06/06/08   9.   Makes up with racism its shortcomings in sexism 19:50  |  Jeff 06/06/08   10.   women also lag behind the number of those killed on battle field 22:28  |  Yohann 06/06/08   11.   Being behind Sudan in number of MP women 23:55  |  Ulf 06/06/08   12.   Demagogy by and for the braindead 01:39  |  Fed Up 07/06/08   13.   Maybe Livni is enough to put everyone.... 05:15  |  Deborah 07/06/08

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