Zambia's 14-percent female parliament makes it a regional laggard and leaves women in politics struggling against social disapproval, including by other women.
LUSAKA, Zambia. Ruth Zozi, 47, dreams of becoming a member of parliament. But she says her dream will never come true because she is illiterate, poor and a woman.
Zozi says she has searched for someone to connect her with women already in politics who could help mentor her, but her efforts have been in vain. So every day she leaves her home in Chawama, a compound of Lusaka, the capital here, early in the morning to sell her fish at the market for $1, $2 and $5.20.
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Zambia's 14-percent female parliament makes it a regional laggard and leaves women in politics struggling against social disapproval, including by other women.
LUSAKA, Zambia. Ruth Zozi, 47, dreams of becoming a member of parliament. But she says her dream will never come true because she is illiterate, poor and a woman.
Zozi says she has searched for someone to connect her with women already in politics who could help mentor her, but her efforts have been in vain. So every day she leaves her home in Chawama, a compound of Lusaka, the capital here, early in the morning to sell her fish at the market for $1, $2 and $5.20.
Read the whole article at Womens e-news.