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Why is the Kenyan parliament trailing in gender representation in the region?
According to Kenya's constitution, one gender should not take up more than two thirds of any elective body, but parliament fails to do that. So why is the country lagging behind?
According to Kenya's constitution, one gender should not take up more than two thirds of any elective body, but parliament fails to do that. So why is the country lagging behind? The Ugandan government spearheads the use of a preventive Ebola vaccine for health workers. Plus we speak to prominent Ethiopian human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi who has been elected as the first woman to head the country's federal supreme court.
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