Re: ugnet_: Rwanda now tops world's highest proportion of female MPs

[Edward Mulindwa]

But Africans   Do you realise that this is another form of worst women abuse? Just c'mon guys, how would you feel that you got into that post for you are a woman? And can Rwanda tell us today how a Rwandese woman live in her village home, how has Kagame changed her life for better? You know this is as silly as Museveni flying 5 girls to New York to show them as those saved from Konny. This in a word, is just gross.   But you see my complaint can not be listened to, for the issue is actually not helping African/Rwandese women, the issue is to create sources for money laundering, from Western countries to African governments, and those women are just tools, and that is what they are, whether it is a Hutu in power or a Tutsi in power. You come in with a huge figure of numbers of women you get the money, today Kagame has 48.8%, well go back into the achieves and find out what percentage of Rwandese voted for Kagame to be in power, then you will know the black hole-Rwandese are facing.   Do you want tot help African women? Then follow the advise from daughter, shut down all women interest groups. And she is more right today that when she stated so. For Rwanda today cares more about women than any other nation my you know what.   Em               The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"             Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Kezimbira To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: ugnet_: Rwanda now tops world's highest proportion of female MPs Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 October, 2003, 17:57 GMT 18:57 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Rwanda moves to top women MP list - BBC Some hope the women MPs will add something different Rwanda now has the world's highest proportion of female members of parliament, a study shows. Following elections earlier this month, 48.8% of Rwanda's MPs are women, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Sweden, where 45% of MPs are women, has been the long-standing leader of the IPU ranking of women in parliament. The first polls since the 1994 genocide were marred by reports of intimidation and the IPU said it hoped that the women MPs would help society. Of the 80 seats in the national assembly, 24 were reserved for women and another 15 were elected. A further six women were elected to the Senate. Social issues "Women bring something special to legislative work. They have a different view of society than men do," said IPU secretary general Anders Johnsson. He told the AFP news agency that they were particularly strong on social issues. WOMEN MPS Rwanda: 48.8% Sweden: 45.3% Denmark 38% UK: 17.9% US: 14.3% Swaziland: 3.1% Niger: 1.2% World average: 15.2% The elections ended a nine-year transition period following the genocide, in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed. A new constitution was earlier passed and complex electoral rules were intended to prevent a single ethnic group or party amassing too much political power. The European Union election observer mission criticised some aspects of the election, saying that ballot boxes may have been stuffed. In the presidential elections in August, Paul Kagame won 94% of the votes. His RPF party won a landslide majority in the parliamentary poll, held over three days in September and October. Mr Johnsson hopes Rwanda's reconstruction will see a bigger role for women. "The success of women in politics in the Nordic countries, for example, has long been attributed to a culture which fundamentally values the equality of women in all sectors of society," Mr Johnsson said. "Time will tell if such a culture also takes root in Rwanda." Africa as a whole has lower-than-average female representation - 14.9% of all MPs, compared to 15.2% across the world. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search