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The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

The IPU held a capacity-building workshop for staff of the Kenyan Parliament on mainstreaming gender into parliamentary work. The workshop, co-organized with the Parliament of Kenya on 19-23 June in Nairobi, was a follow-up of a self-assessment exercise conducted in 2016 on the Parliament's gender-sensitivity. One of the recommendations from the self-assessment was to ensure that staff have strengthened capacities and tools to mainstream gender into parliamentary work.

The seminar in Nairobi looked at the key concepts and definitions of gender, analysing bills from a gender perspective, and gender-responsive budgeting. Participants analysed, through a gender lens, the proposed Breastfeeding Mothers Bill 2017 as well as existing legislation: the Employment Act 2007, the Community Land Act 2016 and the Matrimonial Property Act 2013. Recommendations included establishing a sub-group to make sure that legislation is gender-sensitive; promoting equality in recruitment, promotion and training opportunities; integrating a gender perspective in all policies and training activities; and creating a gender desk.

On 15 June, the report of the Parliament’s self-assessment was tabled in parliament and should continue to inform the work of parliament on gender-sensitive reform. Additional activities co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Kenya will take place following the August 2017 elections.

Source: IPU

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

By Maurice Mboula Jean-Claude Didier Enguelegue

As in most African countries, gender inequalities remain a major challenge to human development in Côte d’Ivoire. Though women’s and girls’ condition significantly improved since Côte d’Ivoire’s independence, they still face challenges, especially in health, education, labour, access to home ownership and justice, entrepreneurship, political representation and inclusiveness, that negatively impact women’s empowerment.

In order to address these challenges, Côte d’Ivoire authorities launched an innovative, inclusive, participative and non-partisan program in 2011: Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium (Compendium des Compétences Féminines de Côte d’Ivoire - COCOFCI). The main objectives of this program are to strengthen the gender dimension at all levels and in political, economic, and social governance, strengthen women’s political participation and representation, provide useful and timely information for gender mainstreaming in recruitment and/or appointment to government decision-making positions and to strengthen women’s contribution to the country’s socioeconomic transformation. Six years after it was launched, Côte d’Ivoire’s Female Skills Compendium has undergone an independent evaluation.

On 1 June Côte d’Ivoire’s National Day for the Restitution of  the Evaluation Report on the COCOFCI was attended by 500 delegates, and co-chaired by the First Deputy Chairperson of Côte d’Ivoire’s National Assembly – H.E. Hon. Jeanne Pheumond – and the Special Advisor to the Head of State Coordinator of the COCOFCI – Euphrasie Kouassi Yao. Several encouraging aspects were emphasised at the meeting. Firstly,  the relevance of this innovative mechanism – which is in line with the 2003 Maputo Protocol; the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16, and also with Aspiration 6 of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 for the socioeconomic transformation of Africa – which Côte d’Ivoire could successfully share with the other African countries. Secondly, the mechanism’s efficiency, which is demonstrated by the increasing number of its members (12,000 women from all social and professional backgrounds to this day, and mostly from urban areas), the issuing of the first directory of Ivorian high level senior women, the guidance of a growing number of female candidates to run for the legislative elections (from 105 in 2011 to 328 in 2016), the appointment of a number of women members of the COCOFCI in public institutions (30 % of the members of the Economic and Social Council, 21 % of the members of the Government, etc.), the drafting of legislative proposals to strengthen the gender dimension in the implementation and in the interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016, the contribution to the enhancement of women’s occupational integration. Finally, the mechanism’s effectiveness, which was confirmed by the institutional and financial audits undertaken in 2016.

In his remarks, while acknowledging these achievements in gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire thanks to the COCOFCI, International IDEA’s representative made a few recommendations in order to improve its impact, which included the need for the Compendium to get closer to women living in rural areas. Furthermore, the imperative to develop a more systematic work in strengthening women’s political participation and representation through the development of women’s civic education (especially for young urban and rural women), intra parties’ dialogue on gender and women’s empowerment, and gender mobilisation in restoring confidence and peace in the volatile and fragmented context, which defines the Ivorian society by 2020 (Agenda 2020 for Peace). Finally, the necessity for the Government – with the support of its partners – to institutionalise the COCOFCI in order to make it more sustainable and build on the outcomes on the medium and long term. The meeting’s participants have asked International IDEA to provide technical support and comparative experience in view to implementing these recommendations.

For International IDEA, the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire was followed on 2 June by a consultation with a group of eighty female leaders (nationally and locally elected officials, political parties’ representatives, members of the National Independent Electoral Commission, government’s senior officers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, farmers, etc). The consultation aimed at introducing International IDEA and its action n promoting and strengthening gender more specifically to the participants, and at collecting their expectations and identifying the outline of a potential joint program. Before the consultation took place, a questionnaire had been submitted on the evaluation of women’s political participation and representation in Côte d’Ivoire through the implementation of the Constitution of November 8, 2016. The consultation’s discussions and the processing of the questionnaire helped getting a more accurate understanding of Ivorian women’s expectations in political participation and representation. Three main areas of focus have been identified for a potential three-year COCOFCI-International IDEA joint work program: generating regular and systematic knowledge on women’s participation and gender mainstreaming in Côte d’Ivoire; strengthening women’s capacities in their participation in electoral processes and the development of a peace agenda (including security forces’ gender dimension); advocating for the voting of the law proposals aimed at strengthening gender in the implementation and interpretation of the Constitution of November 2016. 

Source: International IDEA

Five years ago, the IPU adopted its Plan of Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments at its 127th Assembly in Quebec. Since then, the IPU has helped parliaments become more gender sensitive and has developed a self-assessment toolkit self-assessment toolkit to allow them to examine their strengths and challenges in embodying gender equality and delivering on it.

The five-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reinvigorate the strategy and take stock of lessons learned from gender assessments of parliaments. To this end, the IPU organized an Expert Group Meeting, which brought together researchers, experts and practitioners involved in parliamentary gender assessments or audits. The meeting took place at IPU headquarters in Geneva on 11-12 June.

Recommendations of the Expert Group include developing new tools, expanding the group of parliaments that carry out gender assessments, and providing further support to parliaments to reinforce their gender mainstreaming strategies and actions.

The concept of gender-sensitive parliaments was first developed by the IPU in 2011. A gender-sensitive parliament is one that embodies gender equality and delivers on it, and also responds to the needs and interests of both men and women in its structures, operations, methods and work.

Source: IPU

Five years ago, the IPU adopted its Plan of Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments at its 127th Assembly in Quebec. Since then, the IPU has helped parliaments become more gender sensitive and has developed a self-assessment toolkit self-assessment toolkit to allow them to examine their strengths and challenges in embodying gender equality and delivering on it.

The five-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reinvigorate the strategy and take stock of lessons learned from gender assessments of parliaments. To this end, the IPU organized an Expert Group Meeting, which brought together researchers, experts and practitioners involved in parliamentary gender assessments or audits. The meeting took place at IPU headquarters in Geneva on 11-12 June.

Recommendations of the Expert Group include developing new tools, expanding the group of parliaments that carry out gender assessments, and providing further support to parliaments to reinforce their gender mainstreaming strategies and actions.

The concept of gender-sensitive parliaments was first developed by the IPU in 2011. A gender-sensitive parliament is one that embodies gender equality and delivers on it, and also responds to the needs and interests of both men and women in its structures, operations, methods and work.

Source: IPU

Five years ago, the IPU adopted its Plan of Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments at its 127th Assembly in Quebec. Since then, the IPU has helped parliaments become more gender sensitive and has developed a self-assessment toolkit self-assessment toolkit to allow them to examine their strengths and challenges in embodying gender equality and delivering on it.

The five-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reinvigorate the strategy and take stock of lessons learned from gender assessments of parliaments. To this end, the IPU organized an Expert Group Meeting, which brought together researchers, experts and practitioners involved in parliamentary gender assessments or audits. The meeting took place at IPU headquarters in Geneva on 11-12 June.

Recommendations of the Expert Group include developing new tools, expanding the group of parliaments that carry out gender assessments, and providing further support to parliaments to reinforce their gender mainstreaming strategies and actions.

The concept of gender-sensitive parliaments was first developed by the IPU in 2011. A gender-sensitive parliament is one that embodies gender equality and delivers on it, and also responds to the needs and interests of both men and women in its structures, operations, methods and work.

Source: IPU

Five years ago, the IPU adopted its Plan of Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments at its 127th Assembly in Quebec. Since then, the IPU has helped parliaments become more gender sensitive and has developed a self-assessment toolkit self-assessment toolkit to allow them to examine their strengths and challenges in embodying gender equality and delivering on it.

The five-year anniversary provides an opportunity to reinvigorate the strategy and take stock of lessons learned from gender assessments of parliaments. To this end, the IPU organized an Expert Group Meeting, which brought together researchers, experts and practitioners involved in parliamentary gender assessments or audits. The meeting took place at IPU headquarters in Geneva on 11-12 June.

Recommendations of the Expert Group include developing new tools, expanding the group of parliaments that carry out gender assessments, and providing further support to parliaments to reinforce their gender mainstreaming strategies and actions.

The concept of gender-sensitive parliaments was first developed by the IPU in 2011. A gender-sensitive parliament is one that embodies gender equality and delivers on it, and also responds to the needs and interests of both men and women in its structures, operations, methods and work.

Source: IPU