'Namibia's gender zebra'
by Alexander O'Riordan
Summary:
A quiet gender revolution the like of which has been unseen in Southern Africa
and perhaps anywhere in the world, is now firmly underway in Namibia.
The ruling party, SWAPO, has committed to gender equality in parliament, and a
'Zebra system' whereby if a Minister is a woman then the Deputy Minister
will be a man and vice versa.
Namibia is likely to elect a man to the presidency in 2014. The new policy
implies a SWAPO commitment to appoint a woman to the presidency in 2019.
Namibia's pushing gender equality is less a sign of progress than of a
political leadership blinded by over twenty years of being a ruling party while
treated with absolute respect.
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