Only 20 women elected in Zimbabwe.Women's participation in political decision-making decision-making, n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment. decision-making, evidence-based, n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from is an integral component of the governance Governance makes decisions that define expectations, grant power, or verify performance. It consists either of a separate process or of a specific part of management or leadership processes. Sometimes people set up a government to administer these processes and systems. process. The just ended Parliamentary election in Zimbabwe saw 20 women making it into Parliament. This is an increase by 7 from the last Parliament, which had 13 elected women representatives. The highest ever number of women in Parliament was 23 in the 4th Parliament, i.e. from 1995 to 2000. The current figure of 20 falls far short of the minimum 30% target set by the SADC SADC Southern African Development Community SADC State Agriculture Development Committee SADC St Albans District Council (administrative authority for St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK) SADC Sector Air Defense Commander Gender and Development Declaration of 1997, and the ultimate goal of 50% representation. In this regard the issue of women's quantitative representation in decision-making remains a post election concern. Of the 20 women who have made it, 6 of them are from the MDC (1) (Mobile Daughter Card) See riser card. (2) See Meta Data Coalition. and 14 from ZANU PF ZANU PF Zimbabwe African National Union (Patriotic Front) . None of the women who contested as independents won. MDC lost two women who were MPs in the previous Parliament whilst ZANU PF retained all their sitting women MPs. In the previous Parliament ZANU PF had 6 elected women representatives and MDC had 7. From both parties there are 9 new women MPs. Source: Women in Politics Support Unit, 5 April 2005 |
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