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Zimbabwe: Local quota for women now in parliament


Zimbabwe: Local quota for women now in parliament
Date: April 23, 2021
By Priscilla Maposa,
Harare, 19 April: The campaign for a quota for women in local government went into high gear in Zimbabwe this week with the tabling of a Constitutional amendment in parliament.  This seeks to extend the system in place at the national level to the local level with 30% seats reserved for women and distributed on a Proportional Representation (PR) basis.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the amendments would propose a two-term cap as is the case with National Assembly proportional representation and assess if intended objectives would have been achieved. “We need legislation to give effect to this policy direction,” he said. ....

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