RAM media release 14.9.04

RAM reverses huge gender imbalance in ARC election

Of the 70 candidates in the Auckland Regional Council election, just 20
are women, a paltry 29%.

The gender breakdown of most ARC tickets is even worse:

* Zero women in 8-person Advancing Auckland ticket.

* Zero women in 6-person Rates Rebellion - Fresh Start ticket.

* Zero women in 2-person People's Choice ticket.

* Just one woman in 4-person Citizens & Ratepayers Now ticket - 25%.

* One woman in 3-person Manukau Vision ticket - 33%.

Two tickets have 50% women - the two-person Team West ticket and the
4-person City Vision ticket.

The only ticket containing more than 50% women is RAM - Residents Action
Movement.

Five out of 8 RAM candidates are women - 63%.

"Since there's no bigger ARC ticket than RAM's 8-person team, our five
women
candidates represent an important reversal of the huge gender imbalance
in
the ARC election," said Rachel Asher, a RAM candidate in Auckland City.

"It's time to vote more women onto the ARC," said Rachel Asher.

ENDS

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