Activity 2 - Competition in government. Becoming an elected official usually involves competing against other ‘men and women for the same position. Once elected, these officals must then cooperate with people from different political parties and viewpoints in order to effect change. In this activity, you wl ‘explore the ratio of women to men that hold elected postion governments of various countries. Below are data showing the number of elected seats held by men and the ‘women around the word. Argentina 130 | 199 329 Australia 73 | 153 226 Canada as | 250 338 France 23 | 384 377 Sweden 152 | 197 349 United Kingdom | 191 | 459 50 United states vos [431 535 1 Make a copy of the table and write the ratio of women in ‘government to men in government for the seven countries 2. Which country has the highest ratio of women to men? Which has. the lowest? How can you tell? 3. Now, you are going to use a decimal and a percentage to help ‘compare the quantity of women in goverment positions around ‘the world. Fin a table lke the following to help organize your Information.Argentina Australia Canada France Sweden United Kingdom United States 4 What does a percentage mean as a ratio? Explain. 5 What are the advantages of using percentages to represent ratios? 6 In 1991, Argentina adopted the world’s first gender quota law. The law mandates that political parties nominate women for at least 30% of the electable positions on their candidate list. Which of the countries above have at least 30% of women in government?