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Friday, July 28, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Opinion - Encouraging Zambezi women to participate in politics
New Era Newspaper
Namibia is a country founded on democratic principles of justice for all and the rule of law, as stipulated in Article 1 of the Constitution. The Namibian constitution further strongly prohibits any kind of discrimination on any ground stipulated...
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In Namibia, mixed feelings on gender parity progress - credits: The Namibian
Friday, January 14, 2022
In Namibia, mixed feelings on gender parity progress
The Namibian
A CROSS section of female politicians in Namibia have voiced their concern over the slow progress of political parties in implementing 50/50 (zebra style) representation in party structures and parliament. While some believe the country is on the...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Namibia's youngest MP enters the crucible as Africa's youth lead the way
The Guardian
One of Africa’s youngest cabinet members to date is experiencing a baptism of fire. Emma Theofelus, 23, was appointed Namibia’s information, communication and technology deputy minister a week after coronavirus hit Namibian shores. “I have literally...
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Friday, December 06, 2019
Namibia’s first female candidate vows to ‘restore dignity’
The Borneo Post
Calm and confident, Esther Muinjangue, Namibia’s first woman to run for president, says she feels a “wind of change” softly blowing through the southwest African country which goes to the polls on Wednesday. From her modest home in a quiet suburb of...
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Friday, November 08, 2019
Namibia: ICT assessment for rural women parliamentarians
New Era
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) recently conducted an ICT assessment of rural women parliamentarians with male as partners as a means to identify the basic needs of information technologies. The ICT assessment was...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Africa's first female president meets Namibian female parliamentarians
The Villager
Liberia and Africa's first ever female president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has jetted in the country to engage the parliamentary women caucus and committee on gender equality, social development and family affairs on gender related issues.  Sirleaf,...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Interviews
Alexia Manombe-Ncube
Hon. Alexia Manombe-Ncube talked to iKNOW Politics about the challenges and opportunities that women and physically impaired people find in politics.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The Namibian Parliament promotes gender equality
The Namibian Parliament has produced an action plan to promote gender equality through new and revised laws, and enhanced parliamentary oversight of the country’s international human rights commitments. The proposals follow a seminar attended by the...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Interviews
Margaret Mensah Wlliams
Margaret Mensah Wlliams is the Deputy Speaker of the National Council of Namibia, President of the Inter-parliamentary Union’s (IPU) Women Coordinating Committee and was previously a member of the IPU’s Executive Committee. Click here to watch iKNOW...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014
Interviews
Maureen Jankowski
iKNOW Politics speaks to Maureen Jankowski, Member of the Namibian parliament about women in politics in her country.
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Women in leadership will curb corruption – RDP
Sunday, September 07, 2014
Women in leadership will curb corruption (Namibia)
WINDHOEK - The National Secretary of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Women’s League is of the view that corruption will drastically decrease if more capable women occupy leadership positions. Speaking to New Era just after the official...
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Namibia: Reflection On Women and Politics - What Next? How Next?
THE situation of women in Namibia cannot be understood without a thorough understanding of the historical, political, social and economic conditions of Namibia. It involves a critical examination of the on-going effects of pre-independence apartheid...
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Monday, October 07, 2013
Interviews
Margaret Mensah-Williams
Interview with Hon. Margaret Mensah-Williams, member of the Parliament of Namibia, speaking on the use of iKNOW Politics, the women caucus and gender sensitive legislation in Namibia. In Geneva during IPU's General Assembly, October 2013
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Interviews
Phillipus Wido Katamelo
iKNOW Politics interview with Namibian Parliamentarian during the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on ending violence against women.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Discussion Summaries
Achieving the 50/50 representation target in Namibia by 2015
An interesting contribution in the discussion came from Sarry, who shared an experience from Namibia. Sarry: “Namibia at the moment stands at over 30% women representation and 42% at the local governance level. We are excelling at 42% because most...
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Rumbidzai Nhundu
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Rumbidzai Nhundu
Rumbidzai Nhundu is a multi-disciplinary Gender practitioner, with several years of hands-on professional experience on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment initiatives at national, regional and international levels. Competent in the area of...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Namibia: Advancement of Women Vital in Addressing Inequalities
This session on the Advancement of Women is very important for us because of the location of women in the structure of our society on the one hand and the normative position of gender empowerment on the other. It is a well-known fact that...
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