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Women control the parliament in Rwanda"In the September 2003 parliamentary elections in Rwanda, women secured 49% of seats in the legislature – the highest number of women parliamentarians anywhere in the world, overtaking Sweden with 45% and way above the world average of 15 %. In May 2003, Rwandans ratified a new constitution allotting 30% of decision-making positions to women, a step inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women." This is a country that ten years ago almost to the day was suffering from the awful genocide atrocities. The story put a smile on my face. Posted: Saturday 12th June 2004, 12:28 AM Back to the Blog
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