{"id":32561,"date":"2018-10-29T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32561"},"modified":"2018-10-29T15:20:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T09:50:09","slug":"rwanda-announces-gender-balanced-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rwanda-announces-gender-balanced-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda announces \u2018gender-balanced\u2019 Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-international\/rwanda-announces-gender-balanced-cabinet\/article25267591.ece\">Rwanda announces \u2018gender-balanced\u2019 Cabinet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Recently Rwanda received global attention for its efforts to encourage female representation in government by its announcement for a gender balanced cabinet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Important Facts:<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Rwanda declared that women would be making up 50 percent of its now 26-seat cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Rwanda already has sixty one percent of Parliament members as women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Background:<\/strong> Rwanda move for gender balanced cabinet comes two days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed\u2019s announced fifty percent women members in his cabinet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Rwanda and Ethiopia joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50% or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and UN Women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women recognition:<\/strong> The move highlights the increasing significance of women decision-making roles that have led to a decrease in gender discrimination and gender-based crimes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>Comparison with USA and Canada:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Canada, formed the country&#8217;s first gender-equitable cabinet in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>But the U.S. has yet to achieve such a balance as just over 27 percent of roles are held by women, with the cabinet composed of 16 men and six women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barack Obama term: <\/strong>Former President Barack Obama&#8217;s administration saw women occupy 30 percent of cabinet positions during his first term. That number rose to 35 percent in his second term.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Clinton&#8217;s term:<\/strong> Meanwhile, 32 percent of senior-level cabinet positions were held by women during former President Bill Clinton&#8217;s first term. During his second term, 41 percent were filled by women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27069\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ethiopia.jpg?resize=631%2C129&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ethiopia.jpg?w=631&amp;ssl=1 631w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ethiopia.jpg?resize=150%2C31&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ethiopia.jpg?resize=300%2C61&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda announces \u2018gender-balanced\u2019 Cabinet News: Recently Rwanda received global attention for its efforts to encourage female representation in government by its announcement for a gender balanced cabinet. Important Facts: Rwanda declared that women would be making up 50 percent of its now 26-seat cabinet. 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