13 Dec 2017

Gender equality in local government

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 13 December 2017
Cr Cathy Casey

Cr Cathy Casey Photo: Auckland Council

In the same week a Hamilton City Councillor sent lewd messages to a woman journalist, Auckland councillor Cathy Casey stopped to think about the gender balance of her council and others around the country.

She describes what she discovered as something Kate Sheppard would be horrified with.

Cr Casey talks Jesse through the best and worst councils and about what needs to change to get more women in representative positions.

 

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