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The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The Serbian Parliament has announced an amendment to its electoral laws with a new minimum quota of 40 per cent of candidates on electoral lists for parliamentary and local elections from the less-represented gender.

The Parliament adopted amendments to two laws—the Law on the election of Members of Parliament and the Law on local elections—that aim to increase the representation of women in politics. This step followed a self-assessment on gender equality carried out by the Parliament, organized by the IPU and UNDP, in which the Serbian caucus of women parliamentarians and the leadership of the parliament played prominent roles.

With women holding close to 38 per cent of the seats in the parliament, the Serbian parliament is already well above the global average of just under 25 per cent of women MPs. The amended law will further boost efforts towards greater gender equality in political representation.

The IPU 141st Assembly took place in Belgrade in October 2019 in partnership with the Serbian Parliament. Many deliberations, including the IPU Forum for Women Parliamentarians, focused on the importance of a conducive legal framework for gender equality.

The IPU has been working to increase the number of women MPs worldwide since the 1970s. In March, the IPU will publish its annual analysis of women’s representation in politics.

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent’s women and girls are fully integrated into efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies.

Although in 1995 African women made their voices heard during the Beijing World Conference on Women, progress still fell short of commitments made as part of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told a high-level meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment on late Saturday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

“What I have learned since being a young boy is that power is not usually given. Power must be taken. As it is a question of power, parity in decision-making bodies is absolutely essential,” Guterres added.

Guterres said he was happy that since the first of January, the UN had for the first time in its history, achieved full gender parity in the high-level management of the organization.

“This represents a first step for full gender parity in 2028 at all levels of the UN, which remains our basic objectives,” he said, adding this year’s anniversaries of Beijing+25 and of the UN’s resolution 1325 on women “must push us further and faster towards progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment”.

The UN Chief further stressed that “it is sad that poverty in Africa, as in the rest of the world, still had a woman’s face with violence against women remaining pervasive.”

Click here to read the full article published by News Ghana on 9 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.

For future elections, one of which is expected to be held in October this year, the Executive Director of Paramount Young Women Initiative, Facia B. Harris, is encouraging young women of Liberia to make use of every opportunity available to them to pursue political seats at the National Legislature.

Madam Harris, like other feminists, believes that with males dominate key decision-making areas in government, women are being marginalized in the Liberian Government. Therefore, she believes, the dynamic must change; even though a female President led Liberia for 12 years under whose regime saw a great number of women in ministerial and other high-level positions.

Unlike the Executive Branch, where cabinet-level appointees serve at the the will and pleasure of the President, the Legislature is occupied by elected officials whom voters choose based on values and interest they see in a person, and the Liberian Constitution has no provision giving any gender an exclusive preference for any elective position.

Click here to read the full article published by Liberian Observer on 4 February 2020.