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Youth in Politics - Zimbabwe's Youngest Female Parliamentarian

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No less than 35 percent of the newly elected MPs in Zimbabwe are women, thanks to a special electoral quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. At age 29, Tionei Melody Dziva is the youngest of them. She has a strong desire to uplift the lives of women and youths.

Courtesy of the proportional representation of women in parliament, brought about by the new Zimbabwean constitution that came into effect in March this year, women's representation in the country's parliament more than doubled after the 31 July elections. On 3 September 124 women were sworn in. The youngest of them is Tionei Melody Dziva (29), who represents the ZANU PF party of long-standing President Robert Mugabe.

We invite you to read the full article published October 21, 2013

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No less than 35 percent of the newly elected MPs in Zimbabwe are women, thanks to a special electoral quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. At age 29, Tionei Melody Dziva is the youngest of them. She has a strong desire to uplift the lives of women and youths.

Courtesy of the proportional representation of women in parliament, brought about by the new Zimbabwean constitution that came into effect in March this year, women's representation in the country's parliament more than doubled after the 31 July elections. On 3 September 124 women were sworn in. The youngest of them is Tionei Melody Dziva (29), who represents the ZANU PF party of long-standing President Robert Mugabe.

We invite you to read the full article published October 21, 2013

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