Mozambique
| Quota Information | Parliament Information | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Are there legislated quotas? | No | Structure of parliament | Bicameral |
| For the Single/Lower House? | No | >Current members | 250 |
| Percentage of women | 42.40% | ||
| Source: Gender Quotas Database | Source: New Parline | ||
After a quarter of a century of democratic experience that followed another 25 years of a revolutionary process that put women’s emancipation at the centre of the revolutionary discourse, women in Mozambique still face social, economic and political exclusions that im
The chairperson of one of Mozambique's most prominent NGOs, the Community Development Foundation (FDC), and former First Lady, Graca Machel, on Thursday urged young Mozambican women to stand up for themselves in the society.
The Mozambican Interior Ministry is to have a "Green Line" installed in all police stations across the country by the end of this year to receive denounciations of violence against women and children.The work to install such free phone lines is at an advanced stage.
The Mozambican trade union movement must fight to increase the number of women involved in making employment and training policies, so that women can gain self- confidence and defend their labour rights, declared Amelia Bibiana, secretary of the Working Women's Committee (COMUTRA) on Monday