World IN BRIEF : SWITZERLAND : Vote Fails to Calm Dispute on Sexism
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Switzerland’s Parliament elected a female trade unionist to the Cabinet, ending a dispute that had threatened the ruling coalition. But the move left simmering a national debate on sexism in government. Ruth Dreifuss was elected by 144 votes out of 228. The vote followed Parliament’s rejection last week of the center-left Social Democrats’ original nominee, labor leader Christiane Brunner. That decision brought accusations of sexism from the media and from thousands of enraged feminists.
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