Southern Africa: SADC Elections 2014 - Case for Gender Parity

12 March 2014

They are being held one year before the 2015 deadline for Sadc to attain the target of 50:50 representation of men and women in key decision-making positions. The holding of elections in Southern Africa and the rest of the African continent has always created some interesting reading. Not short of eye-catching headlines and commentaries, focus is usually on the ruling party's election campaign to deal with service delivery and unemployment, as well as what the opposition say are the shortcomings of that government.

Little is reserved on other pressing issues such as the need to facilitate gender parity in political decision-making positions.

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