Gender quotas must be introduced in local government in order to achieve equality

We need the full participation of women in politics and, to counter-act this historic and ongoing imbalance, we need gender quotas at local level. Picture: 

The recent local elections are a real-time example of why we need gender quotas. 

Despite a record number of women running for office, only 26% of newly elected councillors are women, the same percentage as the outgoing cohort.