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The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 04 - Politics (Part 2) for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Workbook with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

What do these numbers in the article refer to?

Answer

  1. 56% = percentage of Rwandan parliamentary seats held by women
  2. 13\frac{1}{3} = share of cabinet positions held by women in Rwandan government
  3. 800,000 = the approximate number of Rwandans killed in the genocide of 1994
  4. 70% = percentage of females in the population immediately after the genocide
  5. 30% = approximate percentage of women in parliamentary seats in South Africa and Mozambique