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?
There are nicknames that we no longer like to use. This is the case of the term “Old Country” to evoke the Valais, because the canton continues to evolve, at breakneck speed. If, on many points, he no longer deserves this reductive nickname, there is one aspect on which it still suits him like a glove: politics. And particularly equality in matters of elected officials. In Valais, politics is still and always mainly a question of men, even if this is changing… slowly.
