Quota needed to push parties to change

I FIND myself reading the views of Deputy Joanna Tuffy with nothing short of amazement (Letters, June 22).

Deputy Tuffy apparently wants to conserve “the principle that anyone can contest an election irrespective of their gender”.

From where I’m sitting, it seems that all Ms Tuffy wants to preserve is the status quo where women are excluded because of their gender (See Women’s Participation in Politics Report, 2009).