Despite this legislative progress, the gender balance in political leadership was not achieved in the 2013 general election. The Constitution contains several gains for women with respect to access to political rights and participation in political leadership. This numerical strength is, however, not reflected in the representation of women in political leadership. Updated Thu, August 11th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3In democratic societies, the political leadership should mirror the population from which it is drawn. According to the 2009 national population census, women constitute 51.4 per cent of the population and 47 per cent of registered voters.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2016 20:37 UTC