Women hail feminine cabinet majority
After the “extraordinary” election of a first female majority in the Swiss cabinet, women’s rights campaigners hope it will resonate in areas where inequality remains.
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Jessica Dacey,
Parliament’s choice on Wednesday of year-old consumer advocate and Social Democrat Simonetta Sommaruga as the fourth woman in the seven-seat cabinet tipped the gender balance in women’s favour for the first time in Swiss history.
The result has been hailed as a symbolic moment for women’s rights in a country that only gave women the vote in – long after Afghanistan, Syria and Iran had done so.
Switzerland now becomes only the fifth country in the world to have a female majority in government, along with Norway, Spain, Finland and Cap Verde.
“I think it’s wonderful. When it comes to the executive, most countries drag their feet,” said Anders Johnsson, secretary-general of the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Switzerland’s pioneering new status could shift as early as October when cabinet re-elections are held.
However long it lasts, the Federal Commission for Women’s Issues said the outcom
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Women in the Federal Council – a history
With the election of Elisabeth Baume-Schneider to the Swiss government on December 7, , the number of women who have served as ministers comes to ten. The meagre total is a sign of the long road that women took towards political inclusion in the country.
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Baume-Schneider from the left-wing Social Democratic Party was elected with Albert Rösti from the right-wing Swiss People&#;s Party to replace outgoing ministers Simonetta Sommaruga and Ueli Maurer, respectively.
Four years ago, on December 5, , two women were elected to the government for the first time: Viola Amherd became the eighth female minister and Karin Keller-Sutter the ninth.
Although women’s suffrage was introduced in in Switzerland, it took 13 years for the election of the first female minister, Elisabeth Kopp. Progress following this was also slow: to date, men have served as ministers, compared with the ten women.
Members of the government are elected every four years by the joint chambers of parliament; votes also take place whenever a sitting minister decides to step down.
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Simonetta Sommaruga served twice as the President of the Swiss Confederation in and Additionally, Sommaruga served twice as Vice President in and
Simonetta Sommaruga was born in Zugin After obtaining her high school leaving certificate, she attended the Lucerne Academy of Music where she studied to become a concert pianist. After travelling widely across the world, she continued her pianist and educational career at the Fribourg Academy of Music.
Sommaruga became involved in politics in , serving as a member of the Grand Council of Bern until Simonetta Sommaruga was manager of the Swiss Consumer Protection Foundation from to and president of the foundation from to She served as a local Councillor to the municipal government of Köniz from to , heading the fire brigade and civil protection departments.
In , Simonetta Sommaruga was elected to the National Council of Switzerland and to the Federal Assembly’s upper house, the Council of States, where she represented the canton of Bern until She was on the Council of States Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxes, on the Committee for Social Security and Health, and served as vice-president of the Committee for Environment,
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Simonetta Sommaruga served twice as the President of the Swiss Confederation in and Additionally, Sommaruga served twice as Vice President in and
Simonetta Sommaruga was born in Zugin After obtaining her high school leaving certificate, she attended the Lucerne Academy of Music where she studied to become a concert pianist. After travelling widely across the world, she continued her pianist and educational career at the Fribourg Academy of Music.
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In , Simonetta Sommaruga was elected to the National Council of Switzerland and to the Federal Assembly’s upper house, the Council of States, where she represented the canton of Bern until She was on the Council of States Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxes, on the Committee for Social Security and Health, and served as vice-president of the Committee for Environment,
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