women: The East African nation late on Thursday announced that women now make up half of the slimmed-down, 26-seat cabinet, according to Nine News Australia. Rwanda joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50 per cent or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women. To improve your experience update it here News World Rwanda names 50 per cent female cabinet10 36pm Oct 19, 2018Facebook Tweet Mail Two days after Ethiopia announced one of the world's few gender-balanced cabinets with 50 per cent women, Rwanda has done the same. The country has received international recognition for female representation in government, with women making up 61 per cent of parliament members. Abiy reportedly told lawmakers that women are less corrupt than men. Ethiopia's move this week was the latest in a series of dramatic political and economic reforms under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who took office in April.
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