Women in Namibia
The government of Namibia has taken steps to provide women with equal rights largely to a degree that is largely unparalleled in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these efforts gender based violence and access to health services and education remain challenges faced by women in Namibia.Legal rights and parliamentary representation
The nation's 1990 constitution guarantees women equal protection under law and prohibits gender discrimination.
Namibia outlawed marital rape in 2000.
, the current and first female Prime Minister of Namibia
Within the past decade, Namibia has seen increased pushes for the representation of women in parliament. In 2014, the South West Africa People's Organisation introduced a policy committing to filling half of its seats in parliament with women, in addition to a "zebra" system in which a male prime minister would have a female deputy minister and vice versa.
