The councils oversee France's "departments," regional bodies that manage such services as welfare payments, road maintenance and some schools. While France has family friendly government policies that encourage women in the workforce, it has never had a woman president and has been slow to welcome women in political power. Female candidates report that they are often a source of surprise to the French voters, who are discovering the new voting system and sometimes mistakenly think the women are alternate candidates, instead of equal members of the ticket. Laure Townley, 33, history and geography teacher running for the UMP party in the city of Annecy, near the Alps, says the new rule "is going to change quite a lot the atmosphere in local councils." "The challenge will then consist of not being stuck in the functions traditionally attributed to women" such as social activities and youth policies — as opposed to oversight over finances, usually given to men, she explained.

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