Namibia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Peter
Katjavivi
(Male)
Year of birth
1941
Additional information
Elected on 20 March 2015, re-elected on 20 March 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Lydia
Kandetu
(Female)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 1 Aug. 2016.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Patience Masua (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
78
Oldest member
Peter H. Katjavivi (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
57
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 29 | Total >= 46: 72 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quota.
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
59
Number of women elected
45
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
46.88%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
41
Women Appointed
4
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
59
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
45
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Peter
Katjavivi
(Male)
Political party
SWAPO Party
Date of election
20.03.2020
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1990
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1989
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Right to vote granted by the 1989 constitution
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1989
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
Right to vote granted by the 1989 constitution
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1989
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2015
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(January 1996)
Formal or informal
Formal
The caucus is open to male MPs
No
The caucus is cross-party
Yes
Notes
During the year 2009, the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Standing Rules and Orders and Internal Arrangements approved the WPC to become a full standing Committee of Parliament, known as the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Gender.
There are rules governing the functioning of the caucus
Yes
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
- The Women's Caucus changes the way laws are made making them gender sensitive.
- The Women's Caucus gave its strong support for the creation of a Children's Parliament, a body composed of high school age students (50 per cent male, 50 per cent female) to discuss children's, gender and other selected issues.
- The Women's Caucus gave its strong support for the creation of a Children's Parliament, a body composed of high school age students (50 per cent male, 50 per cent female) to discuss children's, gender and other selected issues.
The caucus has a strategic plan or plan of action
No
The caucus has a communication plan
No
Contact information for the Committee
Address
Ms. Moono Matengu / Ms Agnes Mukono
Private Bag 13371, Parliament of Namibia
Tintenpalast, Windhoek, Khomas Region
Namibia
Phone
+264-612028204
+264-612882614
+264-812965662
Fax number
+264-612028146