Senator Rosa Galvez: Politics remains a ‘man-dominated’ world
Senator Rosa Galvez: Politics remains a ‘man-dominated’ world
Senator Rosa Galvez is the first and only Canadian senator who was born in a Spanish-speaking country in Latin America. (Photo supplied)
March 8, 2022
With women representing nearly half the population, a lot more work needs to be done to achieve gender parity in politics, argues Senator Galvez, who immigrated from Peru 36 years ago and has gone on to become an expert in water treatment and an engineering professor at Laval University in Quebec.
By Isabel Inclan
New Canadian Media
While the Senate of Canada has achieved some level of gender parity with 49 per cent of female senators, the House of Commons trails behind with only 30.5 per cent, leaving much work to be done, reflects Senator Rosa Galvez, the only senator from a Spanish-speaking Latin American country.
Her comments come ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day, which will centre “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.”
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