Ex-Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf hails rise in continent’s elected females
THE FORMER president of Liberia has hailed the breakthrough of women in Africa’s national legislative bodies.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who became the continent’s first elected female head of state in 2006, was speaking at the Royal African Society’s Annual Lecture in London.
According to recent figures from the Brookings Institution think tank, the number of female legislators and elected officials on the continent has more than doubled in the last 20 years, growing from 9.8 per cent in 1995 to 23.2 per cent in 2016.
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