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COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 — Iceland’s ruling left-right coalition strengthened its majority after a national election that for the first time saw more women than men elected to a European parliament, final results showed today. Opinion polls had forecast the coalition would fall short of a majority...

COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 — Iceland’s ruling left-right coalition strengthened its majority after a national election that for the first time saw more women than men elected to a European parliament, final results showed today.

Voters in Iceland elected 33 women to parliament, up from 24 in the last election. Iceland was ranked the most gender-equal country in the world for the 12As of last year, only three other countries - Rwanda, Cuba and United Arab Emirates - had more women than men in parliament, according to data compiled by the World Bank.

 

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