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Women’s participation in politics declining, parties not achieving gender equality – says Zimbabwe Gender Commission

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Women’s participation in politics declining, parties not achieving gender equality – says Zimbabwe Gender Commission

Source: New Zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has revealed that women’s participation in all political parties is regressing with no gender equality in practice. This is despite an elaborate legislative and policy framework in Zimbabwe pushing for their participation.

Addressing delegates during a High-Level lnter-Generational dialogue on women’s political participation on Monday, the commission’s chairperson Margret Mukahanana-Sangarwe said: “Statistics from the 2018 harmonized elections reveal regressing low women representation with 31.5% in the National Assembly (85 women, 60 of them coming in through the quota, making those directly elected, effectively only 11.9%) and a mere 13.3% in Local government (267 women against 1689 male councillors).

Click here to read the full article published by New Zimbabwe on 17 May 2023.

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Source: New Zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission has revealed that women’s participation in all political parties is regressing with no gender equality in practice. This is despite an elaborate legislative and policy framework in Zimbabwe pushing for their participation.

Addressing delegates during a High-Level lnter-Generational dialogue on women’s political participation on Monday, the commission’s chairperson Margret Mukahanana-Sangarwe said: “Statistics from the 2018 harmonized elections reveal regressing low women representation with 31.5% in the National Assembly (85 women, 60 of them coming in through the quota, making those directly elected, effectively only 11.9%) and a mere 13.3% in Local government (267 women against 1689 male councillors).

Click here to read the full article published by New Zimbabwe on 17 May 2023.

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