Madam, - Deirdre Shiel (January 20th) is encouraged that the female half of the human race is ready to share the burden and meet "the challenge of creating a more equitable, safer and therefore a happier world".
Women would be more effective in meeting this admirable goal if they mobilised their majority status in every democratic electorate in the world in the pursuit of these ends. Monica McWilliams of the Women's Coalition got fewer than 50 transfers out of nearly 3,000 votes from a female candidate in the recent Northern Ireland election. The remainder went to male candidates.
This did not look well from the perspective of meeting any challenge that demands women's solidarity. - Yours, etc.,
A. LEAVY, Shielmartin Drive, Sutton, Dublin 13.