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Slowly starting to respond: Uganda’s parliament is among African bodies that have begun to put in place measures to protect women MPs from harassment, in Uganda’s case via a 2019 human resource policy manual that lists examples of sexual harassment. (Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images)
AFRICA

African parliaments are not safe for women

Study shows horrifying statistics of widespread sexism and violence against women MPs in Africa

  • Inter-Parliamentary Union
  • African Parliamentary Union
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