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Trump and Putin Call the Shots. Will Europe Wag Its Tail? – OPINION
24 October 2025
13 February 2019
As part of the #WomenAreNATO initiative, Magda Jakubowska, Vice-President of the Res Publica Foundation interviewed State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl, Switzerland’s Top-Diplomat about the country’s unique approach to gender related issues.
What does female leadership in Switzerland look like? In Swiss politics and army? How is diversity perceived?
Let me start with the positive facts: On 5 December 2018, our National Assembly, for the first time in history, elected two new female Federal Counsellors at once, which means that as of 2019 our government counts 3 women and 4 men.
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