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00:02 Report by Azeezat Olaoluwa
00:14 Azeezat Olaoluwa | DW Correspondent
00:49 Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche | Reserved Seats for Women Campaign
01:26 Ene Obi | Gender activist
01:39 Faith Waziri | Protester

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These women want Nigerian politics to better represent them. They’re demanding a bill be passed that will create more women legislators. 
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Nigeria has one of the lowest numbers of women in parliament worldwide and the latest World Economic Forum's global gender gap report ranks the country as one of the worst in women's political empowerment. That's why these women and their allies have taken to the streets to rally support for the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, which they believe will ensure inclusive governance.  
The demonstrators stormed the bill's national public hearing – a strategic move to help give it a fighting chance, after it was rejected back in 2022.  

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((Osasu Igbinedion Ogwuche, Reserved Seats for Women Campaign   ))
0:45-1:07 The barriers that are against women who are participating in politics is structural, it's financial, it's religious, it's even cultural. So when women who have the capacity come out to vie, they are usually sidelined because of these structural barriers. Therefore, we are asking for reserved seats so women can contest on a level playing field amongst other women.  
Women make up half of Nigeria's population but make up fewer than five percent in parliament. There are only twenty women out of 469 national lawmakers, while more than ten state assemblies don't have female lawmakers at all. 
((SOT Ene Obi, Gender Activist   ))
1:29-1:42 We are trying to correct the imbalance of the population, diversity in our governance system, and in our political process, to make sure that women are represented, men are represented. We are not in a competition.  
((SOT Faith Waziri   ))
1:40-1:47 You see young women suffering double jeopardy because they're first marginalized as women and also marginalised [as] youths.  
If the bill is passed into law, 182 new seats will be created, reserved for women only to contest in national and state parliaments.