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A democracy is a polity where citizenship is understood to be as important as leadership, where the voluntary worker is as highly valued as the paid official.  Paritocracy occurs when women and men become true partners in citizenship and leadership, sharing equal responsibilities in government and administration, parliament and political parties, the judiciary and the media, and over public revenue and expenditure.

Parity democracy is an end in itself, to bring to bear on public affairs the intelligence and creativity, the courage and integrity, the kindness and compassion, and the enthusiasm and industry of both halves of humankind.

It is also a means to a world where every girl, as well as every boy, from Afghanistan to ex-Zaire, receives adequate nutrition, secondary education, and the expectation of gainful employment and an independent income;  to a world where women and girls enjoy freedom from violence and from the fear of violence; and a world where elderly women and widows, both old and young, enjoy their full human rights.

The Council for Parity Democracy was founded in Rome on 8 March 1980 and, since 1986, has been working out of London 

Clicking on "Documents" will bring up part or all of   1. 5500 centenaries of distinguished women of history to 2054;  2.  2400 birthdays of living women;  3. 2000 names of current heads of state and & other women leaders in 200 countries;  4.  600 names of past women leaders;   5.  4750 able women from 130 democracies proposed as heads of national and international bodies;  6.  2300 anniversaries of democracy to 2016;  7.  1000 anniversaries of women's empowerment to 2010;  8.  140 banknotes portraying distinguished women of history;  and wines, roses and tulips named after them and living women;  9.  125 letters to heads of government on political integrity and parity democracy;   10.  1100 press questions to same;   11.  120 conference papers prepared for summit meetings;  12.  The Parity Democrat published monthly since January 1997;  and various other proposals made since 1960 for enhancing pluralist democracy, political integrity and women's empowerment around the world.  All files may be viewed, printed or downloaded, free, in Word (.doc) format, narratives in Times font and tables in Courier font.