It’s up to the women

GOOD for Colette Browne who highlighted the fact that “women are woefully underrepresented in our political system” (Opinion, Jan 18).

She also highlighted the fact that only 86 of the 566 candidates who contested February’s general election were women and less than 14% of our TDs are women. But she did not mention the fact that women are a majority in the electorate and have the numbers to change the situation. If and when the numbers of women candidates increase it will be up to women to vote for them. What is the betting that this will happen?

A Leavy