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”We are the now”
Sofia Palma was only 15 years old when she joined the Canadian Red Cross Society. Now she works as the youth facilitator and is a strong advocate for inclusion and diversity: "We need women, women of colour, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQ+-community. We need people that represent the community we serve."
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Canada, 2015

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Only 24.3% of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019, a slow increase from 11.3% in 1995.

– UN Women

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