UN Women prioritises gender parity in politics

Thursday, April 14, 2016

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, UN Women, which just started operations in Gaborone recently, places political gender parity atop its Botswana mission.

UN Women country programme manager, Karin Fueg reiterated the need for gender parity in development.

The agency has the mandate to coordinate gender equality and women empowerment within the UN and support member states to advance the same. Like other commentators before her, the UN official said it is a concern that while the country fares well in other sectors, women political participation was lagging behind.

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