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<DIV><SPAN class=285044613-14052008><FONT face="Century Gothic"><FONT
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class=451291309-15052008>New </SPAN>material on gender representation<SPAN
class=451291309-15052008> including </SPAN>statistics<SPAN
class=451291309-15052008>, </SPAN> ha<SPAN
class=451291309-15052008>s </SPAN>been added to the <SPAN
class=451291309-15052008>EISA </SPAN>web site for SADC countries and the
Seychelles:</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><SPAN class=285044613-14052008><FONT face="Century Gothic"><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#800000><STRONG>Women's representation in the Lower House
of Parliament</STRONG> is a comparative table with percentages for
women's representation since the first multi-party elections, with links to
more detailed country pages where information is available:
</FONT></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/gen2006parliament.htm"><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#800000
size=2>http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/gen2006parliament.htm</FONT></A></SPAN></LI>
<LI><SPAN class=285044613-14052008><FONT face="Century Gothic"><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#800000><STRONG>Women's representation quotas</STRONG> is a
comparative table with summary data on legal and party quotas, with links
to more detailed country pages: </FONT></FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/genquotas.htm"><FONT face="Century Gothic"
color=#800000 size=2>http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/genquotas.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face="Century Gothic" color=#800000 size=2> </FONT></SPAN></LI></UL></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#800000 size=2><SPAN
class=285044613-14052008>Regards</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#800000 size=2><SPAN
class=285044613-14052008>Deane</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#800000>------------------<BR><FONT face="Century Gothic">Deane
Stuart<BR>Researcher (ICT), EISA<BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><A
href="mailto:deane@eisa.org.za"><FONT color=#800000
size=2>deane@eisa.org.za</FONT></A><FONT color=#800000><FONT size=2>
</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.eisa.org.za/"><SPAN
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color=#800000>http://www.eisa.org.za</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
face="Century Gothic"><FONT color=#800000>tel +27 11 482 5495<BR>fax +27 11
482 6163<BR><EM><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">EISA - Promoting Credible
Elections and </SPAN></B></EM></FONT></FONT><B><I><BR><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT face="Century Gothic" color=#800000>
Democratic Governance in Africa</FONT></SPAN></EM></I></B></SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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