Women’s Participation in Governance: Situation and Trends

The percentage of seats held by women in the Parliament of Mozambique has increased since 1997. It was 28% in 2003, 38.2% in 2008 and is 39.2% in 2010. The national goal of this indicator by 2015 is to reach half of the seats for women.

The President of the Assembly of the Republic (the Parliament) is a woman and two parliamentary groups are headed by women.
40% of the members of the Permanent Commission of the Assembly are women.
The percentage of female ministers in the Government has increased from 25.9% in 2008 to 28.5% in 2010.
In the latest legislature in 2010 three female Provincial Governors were appointed (27.2%).

Source: Report on the Millennium Development Goals - Mozambique 2010

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