NGOCC Executive Director Anne Anamela has expressed confidence that the five women appointed to Cabinet by President Hakainde Hichilema will contribute positively to advance the Grow Zambia Agenda. Anamela, however, says their appointment only represents 12.5 percent of the 40 Cabinet and provincial minister positions, showing that Zambia is not making progress toward gender parity. She has further called on President Hichilema to take deliberate steps to increase women’s representation in future public appointments. President Hichilema appointed 26 Cabinet Ministers and 10 Provincial Ministers on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing the total number of ministerial appointments to 40, including four made earlier. Of the 40, five are women, while there are no youths or persons with disabilities. In a statement, Thursday,...