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April 17, 2026

Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men

Quotas designed to bring gender parity to parliaments have an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership – especially after women members of parliament take office. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a backlash among men.

Quotas designed to bring gender parity to parliaments have an overall positive impact on support for female political leadership – especially after women members of parliament take office. Furthermore, there is no evidence of a backlash among men.

https://neweralive.na/namibia-reaffirms-political-will-for-womens-emancipation/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMCUDVjbGNrAwJQK2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeb1BhxS_8_4NX2rmQW9gQPlU_x0sDR49SKRhBiYItVjozSVEquVsG7TMAKRI_aem_U4o15XcFMKe6ObpmP9zHsg&sfnsn=wa
August 8, 2025
Namibia reaffirms political will for women’s emancipation

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah reaffirmed Namibia’s firm commitment to promoting gender equality across all sectors.

She emphasised that women’s emancipation is both a constitutional duty and a moral obligation.

Council on FR
April 2, 2025
Women This Week: Namibia Inaugurates Its First Woman President

Women Now Hold Top Three Positions in Government 

voa
November 29, 2024
Namibia extends voting again in close elections

Namibia extended voting for a second time Thursday with the opposition crying foul after logistical failures prevented many people from casting their ballots in the closely fought election.

AP News
November 28, 2024
Namibia votes and could have its first female leader. But election upsets have shaken the region

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — A woman who joined Namibia’s underground independence movement in the 1970s is a

Interviews

Source: The Namibian
February 26, 2024
Women and Elections

In a parliamentary democracy like Namibia, all power shall be vested in the people through freely elected representatives exercising this power.

New Era Newspaper
November 22, 2023
Global parliament gender gap persists

Only 26.5% of the world’s parliamentarians are women, placing the world on the back foot in achieving gender parity, but Namibia could achieve its 50/50 target by 2025.