- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President of the Republic of Liberia
- Joyce Banda – President of the Republic of Malawi
- Catherine Samba-Panza – Interim President of the Central African Republic
There is progress here and there on the continent regarding women's rights . We must go much further to ensure greater gender equality in Africa. It is not just a matter of justice....When women take their rightful place at the negotiating table, in the parliament and in leadership positions across society, we can unleash Africa’s enormous potential..." UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Source: Daily Nation
Somalia is struggling to meet the 30 per cent quota for women in the ongoing elections as local and security agencies remain vigilant to ward off threats by the Al-Shabaab to disrupt the polls.
Source: Daily Nation
Three lobby groups have launched a sensitisation campaign aimed at having as many women as possible to vie for various elective seats in the 2017 polls.
Source: Daily Trust
Women in Kwara State have expressed gratitude to the Senate president, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, for actualizing the 35% women representation in the newly constituted Transitional Implementation Committees (TIC) in the 16 local government areas of the state.
Source: The Citizen
The shocking news about the victory of Donald Trump, who is going to be the 45th President of the United States might spark off a new order.
Source: New Era
The mayor of eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa, Zandile Gumede, has called on South Africans to rally behind a female candidate for the 2019 general election.
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Rural women are hugely knowledgeable about climate change - but that expertise isn't making it into the negotiations.
Source: The Guardian
Liberia’s president has said Hillary Clinton’s defeat was a missed opportunity for women around the world, as fears grew that Donald Trump’s victory in the US election would damage women’s lives and political hopes far beyond America’s borders.
Source: IOL
Johannesburg - When you look at the lists of the most powerful business leaders in Africa, you rarely see women and definitely not young women.
Source: Front Page Africa
Macdella Cooper, who previously acknowledged to the New York Post that her third child is fathered by football legend and Montserrado County Senator George Weah and expressed interest in becoming the future First Lady of Liberia is now eyeing the Liberian presidency, becoming the first woman to do so for the 2017 Presidential elections.
Source: News Deeply Women & Girls Hub
Studies of women’s political participation tend to focus on totting up MPs and cabinet ministers. A pilot investigation into women’s leadership in African governments and legislatures adds two new indicators to look at their influence, not just the numbers.
Source: allAfrica
Bong County Senator Jewel Howard Taylor is urging Liberian political parties to be gender sensitive in the composition of their leadership structures.