Small Town Halls: Where Are the Women?

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Women have a hard time establishing themselves in politics, including at the lowest levels. The proof, only one in five mayors, is a woman. In the municipal elections in 2026, all electoral lists will have to be equal. It will be particularly complicated in small communes, those with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. As in Mesnois (Jura), a small village of 200 inhabitants, where mostly pensioners live, it is difficult to find candidates. (Social is…

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For more than 10 years, a small group of retirees has helped create peace in the garden and the minds of traumatized women at a shelter.