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Our voices: Women's political participation, Burundi

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Film: Burundi has one of the highest allocations of seats in parliament for women, numbering 36% of all MPs. There is also a 30% quota policy for women's political participation at lower levels of the administration. 

Despite this progress, women's voices are not always heard.

 

(We invite our users to watch the video published March 7, 2013 on Open Democracy) 

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Film: Burundi has one of the highest allocations of seats in parliament for women, numbering 36% of all MPs. There is also a 30% quota policy for women's political participation at lower levels of the administration. 

Despite this progress, women's voices are not always heard.

 

(We invite our users to watch the video published March 7, 2013 on Open Democracy) 

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Burundi
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Parliaments and Representatives

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