Zimbabwe: Politics no easy road for women
Source: Southern Times Africa
The just-ended harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have revealed that very few women triumphed in their quest to represent the people in both the National Assembly and in local authorities.
Ironically, women have a numerically advantage over their male counterparts as a voting bloc.
Although a large number of women turned out to vote, it appears they voted for male candidates instead of fellow women as very few managed to win seats for both the National Assembly, Senate and local authorities.
Zanu-PF won a total of 170 seats in parliament (both National Asembly and Senate) with 145 seats being taken by men and the reminder snapped by 26 women.
The opposition MDC-Alliance party won a total of 85 seats with 63 seats won by men while 22 were taken up by women.
The general number of women representation in parliament remains low despite a constitutional quota system requiring that women must be appointed on proportional representation basis.
Click here to read the full article published by Southern Times Africa on 29 August 2018.
The just-ended harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have revealed that very few women triumphed in their quest to represent the people in both the National Assembly and in local authorities.
Ironically, women have a numerically advantage over their male counterparts as a voting bloc.
Although a large number of women turned out to vote, it appears they voted for male candidates instead of fellow women as very few managed to win seats for both the National Assembly, Senate and local authorities.
Zanu-PF won a total of 170 seats in parliament (both National Asembly and Senate) with 145 seats being taken by men and the reminder snapped by 26 women.
The opposition MDC-Alliance party won a total of 85 seats with 63 seats won by men while 22 were taken up by women.
The general number of women representation in parliament remains low despite a constitutional quota system requiring that women must be appointed on proportional representation basis.
Click here to read the full article published by Southern Times Africa on 29 August 2018.