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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Jonathan Yerushalmy

After Ardern, Marin and Sturgeon, is female representation in politics going backwards?

Jacinda Ardern, Sanna Marin and Nicola Sturgeon
Jacinda Ardern, Sanna Marin and Nicola Sturgeon have all left high office in 2023. Composite: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/Shutterstock/ Hagen Hopkins/ Getty Images/Kimmo Brandt/ EPA

On a recent speaking tour in Australia, Barack Obama offered up his idea on how to turn the tide on more than a decade of democratic erosion, to steer the world on to a path of sustainability and peace.

“I am actually convinced that if we could try an experiment in which every country on Earth was run by women for just two years … I am confident the world would tilt in a better direction.”

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