Thirty-one years after the historic 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women, a new wave of socio-political advocacy is sweeping across Africa and the globe, demanding concrete systemic reforms rather than the rhetorical promises that have characterized the past three decades.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania will host the first Women’s Parliamentary Conference in November, giving the country an opportunity to strengthen its role in regional peace and security efforts while promoting greater participation of women in political decision-making across the Great L

SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg FORMER South Africa’s First Lady Ms Zanele Mbeki has called for continuous actions by women from across Africa and the world at large in the struggle for their rights in order to fast track realisation of the iss

A photograph of a voter-registration card lands on a Kenyan social feed. The caption reads Niko Kadi — ‘I am registered’. Another young person posts their own.

The Kingdom of Morocco is implementing statutory mechanisms across its electoral framework to reinforce female representation in Parliament and expand women's participation in political decision-making.

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