Women in Namibia

Women in Namibia
Gender Inequality Index
Value	0.472 (2017)
Rank	115
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)	265 (2015)
Women in parliament	36.3% (2017)
Females over 25 with secondary education	39.9%
Women in labour force	58.5% (2017)

The government of Namibia has taken steps to provide women with equal rights largely to a degree that is largely unparalleled in Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2] Despite these efforts gender based violence and access to health services and education remain challenges faced by women in Namibia.

Legal rights and parliamentary representation

The nation's 1990 constitution guarantees women equal protection under law and prohibits gender discrimination.[3][4]

Namibia outlawed marital rape in 2000.[5]

Saara Kuugongelwa, the current and first female Prime Minister of Namibia

Within the past decade, Namibia has seen increased pushes for the representation of women in parliament. In 2014, the South West Africa People's Organisation introduced a policy committing to filling half of its seats in parliament with women, in addition to a "zebra" system in which a male prime minister would have a female deputy minister and vice versa.[2]

References

"Namibia". UN Women. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
O'Riordan, By Alexander; Service, from the South African Civil Society Information; AllAfrica.com, through; network, part of the Guardian development (2014-07-08). "Namibia's 'zebra' politics could make it stand out from the global herd | Alexander O'Riordan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
"Women's Property Rights In Namibia: An Investigative Report to Determine The Potential for Litigation" (PDF). University of Wyoming Human Rights Clinic. January 2015.
"| Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
"Refworld | Namibia: Domestic violence, including state protection, services and recourse available to victims". Unhcr.org. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

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[1] "Namibia". UN Women. Retrieved 2019-02-24.

[:0-2] O'Riordan, By Alexander; Service, from the South African Civil Society Information; AllAfrica.com, through; network, part of the Guardian development (2014-07-08). "Namibia's 'zebra' politics could make it stand out from the global herd | Alexander O'Riordan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-02-24.

[3] "Women's Property Rights In Namibia: An Investigative Report to Determine The Potential for Litigation" (PDF). University of Wyoming Human Rights Clinic. January 2015.

[4] "| Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2019-02-24.

[5] "Refworld | Namibia: Domestic violence, including state protection, services and recourse available to victims". Unhcr.org. Retrieved 2013-08-17.