Why Tanzania political parties have few women in leadership, candidate lists
Source: The Citizen
What you need to know:
While political parties have met the legal requirements for nominating women for special seats, concerns linger about the parties’ internal commitment to advancing women’s political participation.
Tanzania, in keeping with global political trends, reserves 30 percent of seats in parliament for women.
These so-called special seats were introduced with multiparty politics in 1992, in response to the low numbers of women elected to positions of power.
There were only eight elected female parliamentarians after the first multiparty elections in 1995.
Ten years later, 17 women were elected to parliament, representing 7 percent of legislative seats. Fast forward to the 2020 general elections: women make up 37.4 percent of parliament.
However, only 27 women (10.2 percent) were elected directly from the 264 constituencies.
Special seats are credited for increasing women’s representation. This has enabled the passing of a couple of “gender sensitive” laws.
Read here the full article published by The Citizen on 14 May 2024.
Image by The Citizen
What you need to know:
While political parties have met the legal requirements for nominating women for special seats, concerns linger about the parties’ internal commitment to advancing women’s political participation.
Tanzania, in keeping with global political trends, reserves 30 percent of seats in parliament for women.
These so-called special seats were introduced with multiparty politics in 1992, in response to the low numbers of women elected to positions of power.
There were only eight elected female parliamentarians after the first multiparty elections in 1995.
Ten years later, 17 women were elected to parliament, representing 7 percent of legislative seats. Fast forward to the 2020 general elections: women make up 37.4 percent of parliament.
However, only 27 women (10.2 percent) were elected directly from the 264 constituencies.
Special seats are credited for increasing women’s representation. This has enabled the passing of a couple of “gender sensitive” laws.
Read here the full article published by The Citizen on 14 May 2024.
Image by The Citizen