Nairobi, Nov. 17 -- Women in Sierra Leone have a reason to smile after the country's Members of Parliament (MP) passed a law reserving one-third of parliamentary seats for women.

The MPs unanimously passed the new law on November 15. The new legislation provides that one out of three MPs and one local councillor, should be of the opposite gender.

The bill will now go to President Julius Bio who is expected to assent it into law. Increasing the number of women in the country's political leadership was a key promise in President Bio's 2018 election campaign.

The Country's Gender and Children Affairs Minister Manty Tarawalli, was quoted by local media saying she was "so overwhelmed" after parliament passed the bill.

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