WOMEN’S POLITICAL REPRESENTATION

Oct. 20, 2018

Rwanda announced that women now make up 50% of the cabinet.

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The East African nation, Rwanda has received international recognition for female representation in government, with women making up 61 % of parliament members.
The move comes two days after Ethiopia announced one of the world’s few “gender-balanced” Cabinets with 50 % women.
With this, Rwanda joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50 % or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women.

Source : The Hindu

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