One of the first guests of the Independent Public Press Center "Volyn Choice - 2006" was the well-known politician and scholar, leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine Vitaliy Zhuravskyi, who made public his position on the participation of women in the political life of the state, touched upon topical issues of interaction between state authorities and local self-government, etc., reports the coordinator of the independent public press center "Volyn Choice – 2006" Bohdana Stelmakh.
According to the deep conviction of V. Zhuravskyi, over 14 years of Ukraine's independence, men have simply monopolized representative bodies of power (the number of women reaches only 5%) and have not resolved the tasks facing Ukraine. In the opinion of V. Zhuravskyi, in the district, city, and regional councils of Volyn and in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine there should be no fewer than 30% women. This will contribute to harmony and accord in society, and to proper respect for women. "A woman can do everything. Including – being a politician," Vitaliy Stanislavovych is convinced. However, he is convinced that creating parties on a purely gender basis is unpromising, but "parties will have prospects if there is a certain percentage of women there." To the journalists' question "How many women are in the Christian Democratic Party?" its leader answered: "We have a majority of men, but those men who share the policy of gender equality."
For Vitaliy Zhuravskyi, there is no ideal woman politician as of today. He believes that such a woman will appear in these elections, and called on the women of Volyn to take the most active part in the political life of society.
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A presentation of the independent public press center "Volyn Choice – 2006" took place