Somalia’s electoral agency pushes for more women in Parliament

Somalia election.

A Somali polling agent (right) explains the voting procedure to a voter before she casts her ballot in Baidoa during a past election. FILE PHOTO | AFP

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

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Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Somalia electoral agency wants a minimum 82 women to be elected as legislators in the Lower House.

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