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Hello, this is Six Minute English.
I'm Sam.
And I'm Georgina.
How do you feel about politics, Georgina?
Well, there's a lot around at the moment.
Yes, indeed.
One thing I would like to see in politics, particularly British politics,
is more women in parliament, about 34% of our MPs or women,
which is the highest it's ever been, but it's still not close to 50%.
In order to be elected, though, you first have to stand, don't you?
Yes, we use a verb stand when you are a candidate someone can vote for.
Women in politics is our topic today.
Before we get into it, today's question.
Which country has the highest percentage of women in its parliament?
Is it A, Rwanda, B, Sweden or C, New Zealand?
What do you think, Georgina?
I'm not sure.
I know New Zealand was one of the first countries to allow women to vote,