Political parties should strive for 50/50 gender representation: Witbooi

Contributed by NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 18 JUL (NAMPA) – Namibian political parties should strive towards achieving 50/50 gender representation, Deputy Minister of Gender and Child Welfare, Lucia Witbooi has said.
Witbooi was speaking on Wednesday at the launch of a project titled ‘Promoting Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in Political Representation in Namibia’ initiated by the Women’s Action for Development (WAD).
She said political parties should create an environment that will enable them to adopt gender sensitive p ...