The nation's 1990 constitution guarantees women equal protection under law and prohibits gender discrimination.

Namibia outlawed marital rape in 2000.

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.
The nation's 1990 constitution guarantees women equal protection under law and prohibits gender discrimination.
Namibia outlawed marital rape in 2000.
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.
Women in Namibia