- 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: Vanguard
More than 100 African business women converged in Lagos recently to lend their voices on the need for more women participation in politics, entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation as tools for nation building. The women who came from four African countries:Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa advocated for women participation, especially in politics.
Source: Daily News Egypt
The Presidency’s Initiative to support Egyptian women’s rights and freedoms organised a workshop on Tuesday under the patronage of President Mohamed Morsi to discuss women’s political rights.
Source: Star Africa
The Project Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr Mourtada Deme, has stressed the need to drum up support for gender equality issues in the constitutional review process in Nigeria order to ensure favourable consideration during the debates by the Houses of Assembly in the states.
Source: Star Africa
The Project Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr Mourtada Deme, has stressed the need to drum up support for gender equality issues in the constitutional review process in Nigeria order to ensure favourable consideration during the debates by the Houses of Assembly in the states.
Source: AllAfrica
PRESS RELEASE - 2013 Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting concludes with strong resolve on women's leadership
First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma has pledged her commitment to promote women empowerment to ensure gender disparity in governance.
Source: NewsDay
Women's participation in politics remains low due to several bottlenecks hindering efforts to ensure that men and women share 50% representation in the political arena by 2015 in line with the Sadc Protocol on Gender and Development.
Source: Daily Monitor
Imagine a mini-bus filled with women in khangas, lessos and kitenges, Ugandan gomesi, Rwandan mushanana, Burundi imvutano wearing colourful headgear. They are trying to drive a bus but it is wobbly because the tyres are of different sizes, it has no steering wheel and no roadmap. Before your imagination runs wild, let us explain what this imagined vehicle is.
Source: Daily Monitor
IN SUMMARY: To achieve political integration, the treaty must first address the gender parity principle that will bolt all the parts of the vehicle and give the women drivers a strong vehicle.
Source: AfriqueJet
Former US President Bush to host African First Ladies summit in Tanzania - African first ladies from across the continent will gather here 2-3 July 2013 to focus on the important role they play in promoting women's education, health and economic empowerment, it was officially announced Thursday.
Source: Standard Media
The relative calm in Somalia is beginning to bear fruits as the country begins formulating and drafting its first National Gender Policy with a workshop aimed at exploring and developing gender-sensitive policy whilst providing a framework to the government that will encourage and enforce gender equality.