Parties fail gender parity test

BY VARAIDZO MUDEWAIRI/CATHERINE MUCHIRI
WOMEN activists have decried the low number of female representation in the March 26 by-elections, saying this hinders progress in achieving the 50/50 gender representation quota as stipulated in the Constitution.

Statistics from Wednesday’s nomination court showed that out of the 46 candidates duly nominated to contest for parliamentary seats in Harare, only six were female.

There are also fewer female candidates in local government elections compared to their male counterparts.

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