Before the federal elections this fall, Alliance F, the umbrella organization of women’s organizations, compiled data on the representation of women in politics at the national and cantonal levels. Time analyzed the situation in the French-speaking cantons, ten years ahead of German-speaking Switzerland.
Our file: Parity in politics: where does French-speaking Switzerland stand?
The Vaudoises are the most represented Swiss women in politics since the introduction of federal women’s suffrage in 1971. If, in cantonal comparison, over time, they have been more elected than their neighbors, they are still today only a third in the Grand Council and barely more (37%) in the National Council. The Council of States will become 100% male once more this fall, the environmentalist senator Adèle Thorens having given up seeking a new mandate.
