Women deputies call for greater female voice
<p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="legislators">legislators</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013, <span word="female">female</span> <span word="deputies">deputies</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="NPC">NPC</span> <span word="session">session</span> <span word="urged">urged</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="congress">congress</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="legislatures">legislatures</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="level">level</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Sun">Sun</span> <span word="Xiaomei">Xiaomei</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="specializing">specializing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="NPC">NPC</span> <span word="deputy">deputy</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Liming">Liming</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="All">All</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Political">Political</span> <span word="Consultative">Consultative</span> <span word="Conference">Conference</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="NPC">NPC</span> <span word="deputies">deputies</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="hovered">hovered</span> <span word="around">around</span> 21 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>"<span word="All">All</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Women">Women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span> <span word="proposes">proposes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="amended">amended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="giving">giving</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="parity">parity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="lists">lists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allocate">allocate</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="winnable">winnable</span> <span word="seats">seats</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="deputies">deputies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="NPC">NPC</span>," <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Statistics">Statistics</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Inter">Inter</span>-<span word="Parliamentary">Parliamentary</span> <span word="Union">Union</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="parliaments">parliaments</span>, <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="women">women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="representation">representation</span> <span word="ranked">ranked</span> 60<span word="th">th</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2011.</p><p>"<span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="dropping">dropping</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ranking">ranking</span> <span word="since">since</span> 1995, <span word="from">from</span> 16<span word="th">th</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="to">to</span> 38<span word="th">th</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2005," <span word="Sun">Sun</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Sun">Sun</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="insufficient">insufficient</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="deputies">deputies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="congress">congress</span> <span word="meant">meant</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="topics">topics</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="women">women</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="discussed">discussed</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="important">important</span> <span word="conferences">conferences</span>.</p>
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