Cameroon Activists Push Gender Parity for Senate Elections - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper

Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January 28 deadline. Only 26 members of Cameroon's 100-member senate are women, a number advocates want to see doubled. But patriarchal beliefs and a lack of political support are preventing more women from contesting the March election. Female activists…

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