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South Africa: Fewer women in local government - Zuma

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Women's representation in local government decreased after the 2011 elections, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

He said this was despite the increase in representation of women in Parliament from 2.7% during apartheid to 27% after 1994.

"The country missed the opportunity at these elections to advance local government towards a 50/50 gender parity," Zuma told a Progressive Women's Movement of SA conference in Mthatha.

Read the complete story at News24, published 6 July 2012.

 

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Women's representation in local government decreased after the 2011 elections, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.

He said this was despite the increase in representation of women in Parliament from 2.7% during apartheid to 27% after 1994.

"The country missed the opportunity at these elections to advance local government towards a 50/50 gender parity," Zuma told a Progressive Women's Movement of SA conference in Mthatha.

Read the complete story at News24, published 6 July 2012.

 

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