Rwanda – real equality or gender-washing?
By DW
17 March 2019 |
5:14 pm
Few countries have more women in politics than Rwanda. They make up 60 percent of the lawmakers, 50 percent of the cabinet and half of the supreme court judges. But how much influence does this translate into.
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