U Mass Director: US Lags Afghanistan, Iraq;
Mass Lags other States

In this NECN video, Carol Hardy-Fanta, Directer of UMass Boston’ Center for Women in Politicssays that Massachusetts lags behind other New England States in giving women representation in elected office.    Nationally, the US ranks 71st in percentage of women in parliament/congress, tied with Turkmenistan and behind Afghanistan and Iraq.  She calls women’s representation in this country “paltry”.