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  • Index of results, reports, press stmts and articles on March 31 2005 General Election - post Mar 30

    • The 2005 parliamentary election results: A women's perspective
    Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU)
    April 05, 2005

    Women’s participation in political decision-making is an integral component of the governance process. The just ended Parliamentary election saw 20 women making it into Parliament. This is an increase by 7 from the last Parliament, which had 13 elected women representatives. The highest ever number of women in Parliament was 23 in the 4th Parliament, i.e. from 1995 to 2000. The figure of 20 falls far short of the minimum 30% target set by the SADC Gender and Development Declaration of 1997, and the ultimate goal of 50% representation. In this regard the issue of women’s quantitative representation in decision-making remains a post election concern.

    Of the 20 women who have made it, 6 of them are from the MDC and 14 from ZANU PF. None of the women who contested as independents won. MDC lost two women who were MPs in the previous Parliament whilst ZANU PF retained all their sitting women MPs. In the previous Parliament ZANU PF had 6 elected women representatives and MDC had 7. From both parties there are 9 new women MPs.

    Below is more comprehensive information on the elected women:

    NAME

    CONSTITUENCY

    RURAL/URBAN

    PROVINCE

    PARTY

    NEW /OLD MP

    Buka Flora Gokwe Nembudziya Rural Midlands

    ZANU PF

    Old

    Gauchiwa Cecilia

    Hurungwe West

    		Rural Mashonaland West ZANU PF New
    Katsande Auxilia Mudzi West Rural Mashonaland East ZANU PF New
    Khupe Thokozani Makokoba Urban Bulawayo

    MDC

    		Old
    Machirori Sandura Rushinga

    Rural

    		Mash. Central ZANU PF New
    Mahofa Shuvai Gutu South Rural Masvingo ZANU PF Old
    Margaret Zinyemba Mazowe West Rural Mashonaland East ZANU PF New
    Matamisa Editor Kadoma West Urban Mashonaland West MDC New
    Mawere Mabel Zaka West

    Rural

    		Masvingo ZANU PF New
    Maziriri Enita Chivi North Rural Masvingo ZANU PF New
    Misihairabwi-Mushonga Priscilla Glen Norah Urban

    Harare

    		MDC Old
    Mpariwa Paurina Mufakose Urban

    Harare

    		MDC Old
    Muchena Olivia Mutoko South Rural Mashonaland East ZANU PF Old
    Muchinguri Oppah Mutasa South Rural Manicaland ZANU PF New
    Mugabe Sabina Zvimba South Rural

    Mashonaland West

    		ZANU PF Old
    Mujuru Joyce Mt. Darwin North Rural Mash. Central ZANU PF Old
    Nomalanga Khumalo Umzingwane Rural Matebeleland South MDC Old
    Nyauchi Esther Gokwe Sengwa Rural Midlands ZANU PF Old
    Pote Celina Chiredzi North Urban/Rural Masvingo ZANU PF New
    Stevenson Gertrude

    Harare North

    		Urban Harare MDC Old

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