Women Constitute Majority in Rwanda Parliament
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- On 24/10/2019
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Women in Rwanda now occupy 54 of the 80 seats in the countrys Parliament.
The United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union seek a 30 percent minimum benchmark for women representation.
The new world record for women representation in parliament is now 67.5 %, following the announcement of the September 3 parliamentary elections results by the National Electoral Commission.
Even though the Rwanda Government places value on women's roles and has facilitated several reforms to aid the growth of women's capacity in civil society, women's - and human - rights are limited.
