Article 24 of the Constitution made it incumbent upon the Government to take appropriate steps in that respect. It should be recalled that as far as back as 1964 a woman had narrowly failed to be elected to the highest office of the State; today, more than 40 000 women were serving on local councils, 120 were members of provincial assemblies and 17 were members of the Senate.
L'article 24 de la Constitution fait obligation au Gouvernement de prendre les mesures voulues, et l'intervenante rappelle notamment qu'une femme a failli être élue aux plus hautes fonctions de l'État en 1964, que plus de 40 000 femmes occupent des postes de conseillère, que 60 siègent à l'Assemblée nationale, 120 dans les assemblées provinciales et 17 au Sénat.