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Women in politics: Sierra Leone passes legislation to make women make up one-third of MPs

Sierra Leone‘s parliament has unanimously approved legislation that will ensure that one-third of its members and one-third of all local councillors are women.

The bill will now be signed into law by President Julius Bio.

Despite the fact that it was a key promise in his 2018 election campaign, it took cabinet three years to approve the draught.

A previous version was withdrawn due to a technicality.

Only 19 of Sierra Leone’s 146 members of parliament are women at the moment.

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