More Women in Politics:

Parliament to Welcome More Women in March

Kah Walla has been advocating for more women in politics

57 women will be among the 169 new MPs that would be welcome at the Glass Palace in Ngoa-Ekelle when the National Assembly is eventually convened anytime soon for the first (March) ordinary session of the 10 legislature.

                                According to the results of the 9 February legislative validated and proclaimed by the Constitutional Council on Friday, 57 women are among 169 parliamentary hopefuls whose victories were validated.

                                This gives a percentage composition of women of slightly above the bottom mark of 30%.

                                With 13 parliamentarians still to be elected after the legislative re-run to be conducted in 10 constituencies of the NW and one constituency (Lebialem) in the SW, it is hoped that the number of female MPs would climb to 60 and above, why not.

                                Recall that in the 9th legislature that ended in December 2019, there were 56 women out of the total 180 MPs in the National Assembly.

                                As for the local council elections, 33 women have been elected to head councils as mayors, with the Centre region alone producing 13 women mayors, while the NW and Far North regions have no women as mayors.