Women representation in parliaments in Africa is unlikely to increase as per the international requirements, former Ugandan minister for ethics and integrity Miria Matembe said on Wednesday.
Women who constitute 52 percent of Zimbabwe's population (the impending census could establish that figure might have increased), have been conspicuously quiet on this matter despite having actively participated in the constitutional outreach process including the chaotic first all-stakeholder's
Political party leaders were on Monday urged to implement to gender approach in elections.
Women from the civil society and political activists are demanding for their 30 percent quota as the deadline to the formation of a new government draws near.
Ahead of the 2015 general election, the first female minister in Nigeria, Ambassador Ebunoluwa Oyagbola, on Saturday in Abuja called for the election of a female president, saying it would bring positive developments in the country.
South Africa’s gender parity laws have seen women rise to positions of power in the state, the private sector and civil society.
The ECOWAS Parliament's Joint Committee on Gender, Employment and Social Welfare and the Committee on Health and Social Service on Tuesday commenced a five-day sitting at the Senegambia Beach Hotel in Banjul where they will dilate on the "Validation of the Ecowas Parliament Gender Strategy".
Tanzanian National Assembly Speaker Anne Makinda has urged women to look beyond their allotted 30% quota in the National Assembly and seek full 50% representation by participating in elections in constituencies, Tanzania's Daily News reported Monday (August 6th).
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