Političek v Praze přibývá - www.lidovky.cz PRAHA 10. ledna 2007 | 14:54 Karlovy Vary, Zlín, Havířov, Chomutov. Tam všude sedí v primátorském křesle ženy. Praha zatím nikdy svou primátorku neměla. Podle stoupajícího počtu žen v zastupitelstvu i podle přání veřejnosti se ale možná hlavní město v nedaleké budoucnosti své ženy v čele dočká.
Four important Czech municipalities (two in Bohemia and two in Moravia) are headed by a woman holding the post of
primátor (mayor) or in their case
primátorka. And there is a good chance that in the future Prague could join them.
One of the contributing factors are smaller parties which typically have a higher proportion of women candidates. And now that the Greens have gone from a small party to a big(ger) party with governmental chairs, it is possible more women will come to prominence.
Two important linguistic points:
- Czech has two words for mayor. Starosta which is the generic word covering the function in general but mostly associated with smaller towns and primátor which is the mayor of a large city. During communism, the most official title was předseda Národního výboru (lit. chairman of the National council - meaning local council).
- When a woman has one of these functions -ka is added to the end of the word making it starostka or primátorka. But that is not the same for all similar words. For instance, a chairwoman would be předsedkyně.
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