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01/27/2005:

"African Women Have Come a Long Way"

NAMIBIA is among the top-ranking countries with the most women parliamentarians in Africa.

Although Africa has been viewed as not putting women in the forefront in the male-dominated field of politics, this perception is about to change after Rwanda scored highest in the world when it comes to the political representation of women, with 48,8 per cent of its MPs being women.

Full Article : allafrica.com