- 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: Ahram Online
Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) criticised on Tuesday the low number of women in the country's newly-appointed cabinet, Al-Ahram's Arabic news website reported.
Source: Voice of America
More than 200 West African elected officials and civil society leaders have converged on Dakar this week for a conference on female leadership. As parity laws bring more and more women into local and national governments, experts say it isn't translating into improved policies on so-called women's issues like health, women's rights and development.
Source: Summit Business
Moremi Initiative for Women’s Leadership in Africa has named Uganda’s Faith Namalwa among 26 Africa’s most promising young women leaders with the courage and commitment to lead and shape the future of Africa.
Source: Aljazeera
Despite threats, clan politics and marginalisation, some Somali women hope to change the country's political culture.
Source: Voice of America
Dakar — More than 200 West African elected officials and civil society leaders have converged on Dakar this week for a conference on female leadership. As parity laws bring more and more women into local and national governments, experts say it isn't translating into improved policies on so-called women's issues like health, women's rights and development.
Source: The Star
In a single week last month, Jill Abramson, the first woman to serve as Executive Editor of the New York Times, resigned under duress, and Natalie Nougayrède resigned as Editor-in-Chief of France's leading newspaper, Le Monde, complaining in an open letter of having been undermined. What, if anything, do these high-profile dismissals tell us about women in senior workplace positions?
Source: Tunis Afrique Presse
Tunis, — The Young Women's Leadership in Political and Social Development (YWLD) Programme was launched, on Thursday, at a news conference held in Tunis.
Source: The Daily Independent
The Nigerian Women Trust Fund, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Thursday urged all stakeholders to provide opportunities for women to occupy elective positions in the forthcoming 2015 general elections.
Source: Magharebia
An international programme is gathering Maghreb youth to help guide their countries into the future.
Source: Daily Observer
The First Lady of the Republic has outlined the numerous contributions and gains registered by the government of The Gambia under the leadership of President Jammeh in the area of women empowerment, noting that the regime has long since recognised them as an important prerequisite for the attainment of sustainable development.
Source: Today's Zaman
An international summit in İstanbul, with women's perspectives on the United Nation's post-2015 Development Agenda as its focus, has called for women's empowerment as a condition for sustainable development.