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Monday, August 06, 2012
Liberia: Minister Cassell Tips Women for 2014 Legislative Election - Wants More Women Participation in Politics
Gender and Development Minister, Julia Duncan Cassell has called on Liberian women to be more proactive and ready for the 2014 midterm legislative election. Addressing a gathering of women, (The all Liberian Women's Summit) yesterday at the Monrovia...
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Monday, August 06, 2012
South Africa: Mokonyane: Women suffer in political wars
South African women and children are the ones who suffer the most when political parties engage in "civil wars", Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Friday. "All these men who are leaders of the African countries must understand that when they...
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Senegal: Breakthrough for Women in Lower House
A record number of women were sworn in as legislators as Senegal's new parliament was inaugurated on Monday. Sixty-four women now have seats in this West African country's 150-member National Assembly, thanks to a law on gender parity. But the...
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Friday, August 03, 2012
Somalia: Women fight for promised share of parliamentary seats
Photo credit: Mahmoud Mohamed/Sabahi Somali women are fighting to get their promised 30% representation in the next parliament after they failed to reach the same quota in the National Constituent Assembly (NCA), which approved the draft...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Ghana: CDD trains women to lead peace crusade
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) has launched a program to train women to spearhead citizenship education towards the promotion of peace, transparency and credibility of the December elections. Dubbed “Promoting democratic citizenship to...
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
Rwanda: Women Parliamentarians Assess Gender Sensitivity
The number of women in parliament is not enough to show that parliament is gender-sensitive. This was said by Honorable Alphonsine Mukarugema, the chairwoman of Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum (RWPF) at the occasion of a consultative meeting...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Sierra Leone: Women Claim 30 Percent Quota Long Overdue
An umbrella body of more than a hundred women groups from across fourteen chiefdoms in Kailahun district, the Kailahun Women in Governance Network KWIG, has expressed grave concerns over the yet-to-be actualised 30% quota proposed for Sierra Leonean...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Ghana: Women in political leadership hold debate
Women in political leadership in the three northern regions have held a debate focusing on the programmes of their political parties, which seek to build inclusive government.   Read the complete story at Ghana News Agency, published 25 July 2012.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Kenya: Mudavadi Targets Women's Vote
DEPUTY Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is targeting the women vote as he campaigns for the presidency in the general election. The UDF presidential hopeful has said he wants to ensure that women aspirants in the party get 50 per cent representation...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Ghana: Obstacles facing female politicians – Making it Compulsory to have Women in Ghana’s Parliament
Beatrice Boateng, a member of parliament with the New Patriotic Party, Ghana’s official opposition to the ruling New Democratic Congress, has earned her place among the country’s lawmakers. As she takes her seat in parliament, she does so having...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
South Sudan: Can South Sudan under Salva Kiir become a better place to be a woman?
Photo credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images When Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, visited South Sudan in May, she heard first-hand about the precarious situation many women face on a daily basis, from domestic violence...
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Friday, July 13, 2012
Kenya: Ijara Women Protest Domination By Male Politicians During Elections
MORE than 500 women from Ijara district in Garissa county yesterday protested alleged misuse by men during elections. Interestingly, the protesters were not activists but housewives who said the burden of inefficient leadership imposed on them by...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
UN Women: Following elections, proportion of Senegal’s female parliamentarians almost doubles
The number of female elected parliamentarians in Senegal’s National Assembly has almost doubled thanks to the impact of new parity laws on the July elections With 44.6 per cent of female parliamentarians, Senegal has come close to achieving parity...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Somaliland: Women Demand Share of Political Seats
  Parliament has been asked to ensure articles 8 and 36 of the Somaliland constitution are adhered to. This was asked of the legislators during a women empowerment meeting organized by NAGAAD umbrella organization in Hargeisa where the women further...
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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Rwanda: Women breaking glass ceiling in Rwanda
GINNY STEIN, REPORTER: What is happening in Rwanda borders on revolutionary. Women occupy some of the most important government ministries and make up more than half of the country's MPs. AGNES BINAGWAHO, HEALTH MINISTER: In the beginning we didn't...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
South Africa: Fewer women in local government - Zuma
  Women's representation in local government decreased after the 2011 elections, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. He said this was despite the increase in representation of women in Parliament from 2.7% during apartheid to 27% after 1994. "The...
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Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Liberia: Ellen Revives Bill for Women's Participation in Politics
In a bid to revive the long-delayed proposed legislation seeking to increase women’s participation in politics, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has challenged female legislators to re-introduce the ‘30% of Women Participation in Government’s Bill’...
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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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