Justin Trudeau offers advice on finding gender balance to Leo Varadkar

The Taoiseach has sought the advice of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on how to achieve a gender balance in politics.

Justin Trudeau offers advice on finding gender balance to Leo Varadkar

While Leo Varadkar said there are different interpretations of feminism, he claimed that if it equates to equality between men and women “then I’m a feminist”.

Mr Varadkar wants to increase the number of female Fine Gael TDs to 20 after the next general election in a bid to introduce gender equality in the Dáil.

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