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Jane Corscadden

Record number of women elected to Northern Ireland Assembly shows 'baby steps' towards equality

Although a record number of women were elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, there is still more work to be done.

That's the opinion of campaigner Aoife Clements, who runs the group 50:50 NI which aims to get more women in Northern Ireland involved in politics, to make sure politics reflects wider society.

Voters returned a record 35% of women to the Assembly chamber this year, with 32 of the 90 MLAs elected being women.

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