Somali women leaders attending a UN-sponsored conference have called on lawmakers to approve a pending electoral reform bill that would enshrine the principle of a 30% gender quota in future national legislatures. The bill has passed the lower house, and is now before the nation's Senate. After the 2016 election, female representation in the federal parliament rose from 14% in the outgoing legislature to 24%.
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