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To mark International Women s Day, Belfast Telegraph political editor Suzanne Breen talks to five of our up-and-coming female politicians. Kathryn Owen (43) is a DUP member of Newry, Mourne & Down Council. She is a likely candidate in next year s Assembly election. Unionism has a lack of women politicians, and it s a problem. Look at DUP and UUP benches in Stormont. They have very few female faces compared to the other side of the chamber. We need to change that. The personal abuse that females in politics suffer means it doesn t appeal to many as a career. Arlene Foster and Carla Lockhart receive a barrage of insults over their appearance. Jeffrey Donaldson and Ian Paisley will be criticised for what they say, but they could wear two odd socks and nobody would notice.

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