Eswatini
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Lindiwe
Dlamini
(Female)
Year of birth
1965
Additional information
Elected on 23 Oct. 2018.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Benedict
Xaba
(Male)
Secretary General
Bhukumusa
Cusana Shongwe
(Male)
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
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sen. Khanyisile Malambe (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
85
Oldest member
Prince Mahlaba Dlamini (Male)
Reserved seats and quotas
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
10
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
At least half of the 10 senators elected by members of the chamber shall be female. At least eight of the twenty Senators appointed by the King should be female.
(Constitution 2005, Art. 94, par 2, 3)
(Constitution 2005, Art. 94, par 2, 3)
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1968
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1968
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
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
1968
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1972
Notes
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.
2006