How to encourage more women to be interested in politics and to get them more involved?

Women for Election Australia wants to equip 200 women to be candidates in the New South Wales local elections in 2021. How can you get involved?

The first woman to be elected to any Australian parliament was Edith Cowan in 1921 - (Public Domain). Source: Photo courtesy Public Domain.

Currently, only 31 per cent of local government councillors in New South Wales are women.  However, two sitting Ministers in the NSW state parliament and the organisation, Women for Election Australia, are trying to change that.

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