GENDER EQUALITY?--NOT QUITE.
In Stockholm Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , women fill more than 42 percent of the seats in
Parliament, making Sweden No. 1 in a ranking of nations on the basis of
legislative gender equality as the new century begins. A survey by the
Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU (in French L ' Union interparlementaire (UIP)) is an international organization established in 1889 by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). , an association of national legislatures, put
the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. at No. 43 among the reporting countries. The first
nine after Sweden were Denmark, 37.4 percent, Finland, 37 percent,
Norway, 36.4, Netherlands, 36, Iceland, 34.9, Germany, 30.9, South
Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , 30, Cuba, 27.6, and Vietnam, 26.
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