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Women and Politics
Women are marginalized at all levels of Kenyan society. Thirty percent of Kenyan women are illiterate, compared with 14% of men. Women make up just 23% of the judiciary and the civil service. Even in agriculture, just one in five extension workers — employed by the government to tell farmers about new seeds, crop rotation, and appropriate agricultural practices — are women. The biggest gender gap is in parliament: less than 9% of the country's elected politicians are women. In contrast, neighbouring Uganda has reserved one parliamentary seat from each of its 45 districts for women. Will Kenya see the day women will flood the governing structures?
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true!!! The G10 sex boycott ...
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