Since the emergence of the MDC as a credible challenger to Zanu PF domination in 2000, violence has been a consistent feature, and often it is women who have been the greatest victims. Some have totally withdrawn from participating in politics altogether. The figures speak loud about the withdrawal of women from elections. From 1980 to 1985 Parliamentary sessions included 9 % of women who sat in the August House. 1990 to 1995 saw an increase to 14 % but the number declined in 2000 as a result of charged political contestation to 9,2%. Although the figures picked to an all time high 22 % in 2005, the number declined in 2008 to 18 %.
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Since the emergence of the MDC as a credible challenger to Zanu PF domination in 2000, violence has been a consistent feature, and often it is women who have been the greatest victims. Some have totally withdrawn from participating in politics altogether. The figures speak loud about the withdrawal of women from elections. From 1980 to 1985 Parliamentary sessions included 9 % of women who sat in the August House. 1990 to 1995 saw an increase to 14 % but the number declined in 2000 as a result of charged political contestation to 9,2%. Although the figures picked to an all time high 22 % in 2005, the number declined in 2008 to 18 %.
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