CEDAW/C/1997/3/Add.3 English Page 29 Canada Table 35. Participation of women in political life Local communities Legislative power Executive power Municipalities or equivalent Upper and lower chambers Women members of council % 1990-1994 Women mayors % 1990-1994 Seats occupied by women % 1994 Proportion of seats occupied by women % 1994 18 ... ... 17 Proportion of seats at the ministerial level occupied by women % 1994 14 43. Canada's report points out that the data on the participation of women in public life are not complete enough. Nevertheless, they show that significant progress has been made in the attainment of political equality, an affirmation confirmed by the above figures. Morocco Table 36. Participation of women in political life Local communities Legislative power Executive power Municipalities or equivalent Upper and lower chambers Women members of council % 1990-1994 Women mayors % 1990-1994 Seats occupied by women % 1994 Proportion of seats occupied by women % 1994 - - 2 1 Proportion of seats at the ministerial level occupied by women % 1994 - 44. Morocco's report shows that its women have made recent progress in their participation in communal and legislative elections (for the first time in 1993 two women were elected to Parliament) and in their access to public posts. Over the last 30 years such access has gradually improved. The posts occupied by women, for the most part, are intermediary or junior. The report seems to show that Morocco is making slow progress towards greater female participation in its public life. But its efforts are clearly inadequate. Not once does the report mention "equality". /...

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