by Stephanie Kirchgaessner

It has only been five decades since women were first allowed to become judges inItaly but in what is being hailed as a small revolution, female judges now outnumber their male counterparts.

According to a report released this week by the top prosecutor in Italy's supreme court, women now comprise 50.7% of all active judges in the country. The annual report noted that the genders had already been close to parity, but that 2015 marked the first time women were dominant.

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Source: http://www.theguardian.com/