- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President of the Republic of Liberia
- Joyce Banda – President of the Republic of Malawi
- Catherine Samba-Panza – Interim President of the Central African Republic
There is progress here and there on the continent regarding women's rights . We must go much further to ensure greater gender equality in Africa. It is not just a matter of justice....When women take their rightful place at the negotiating table, in the parliament and in leadership positions across society, we can unleash Africa’s enormous potential..." UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Source: BuaNews
The Justice Department is working on a model to ensure that the legal work dished out by government is spread out to include the services of black lawyers and women, says Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe.
Source: Zambian Watchdog
Where have all the women gone? Long time passing. This year alone, there will be over 30 presidential elections held around the world. Over half of these will be in Africa. On 20 September 2011, Zambia goes to the polls to elect a president, members of parliament
Source: Global Voices
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf paved the way in 2006 when she was elected President of Liberia and became the first African woman to reach the top level position. Since then, several other African women have decided to run for the Presidency,
Source: The East African
Why are men 90 per cent of the Members of the Kenyan Parliament?
Source: IRIN News
Political parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to recruit women into their ranks to run for parliament, despite a legal requirement to do so and a belief that greater numbers of female parliamentarians are critical to advancing women's rights.
Source: All Africa
Six women's rights groups have appealed against a court ruling that dismissed their case on the setup of the Supreme Court.
The women's organisations, through lawyer Judy Thongori, say in the notice of appeal dated August 29 that they were
Source: Times of Zambia
THE Non Governmental Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) through the Zambia National Women's Lobby (ZNWL) has raised K820 million from a budget of K2 billion to support all female candidates participating
Source: Nairobi Star
A MUSLIM cleric in Upper Eastern has asked the government to stop violating the rights of the women. Sheikh Harun Rashid took issue with the government for not ensuring the gender parity rule is adhered to.
Source: Nairobi Star
Women MPs have said they will not budge an inch in the proposal by Cabinet to reduce the one third quota of seats. The MPs and members of a women lobby group said they will fight to the last breath to have the status quo
Source: All Africa
President Kibaki can now go ahead and swear-in five judges of the Supreme Court following a landmark ruling that rejected a case lodged by women lobby groups challenging their appointments.
Source: Daily Nation
Many Kenyans support the constitutional provision that women form at least a third of MPs in the next Parliament, a new opinion poll has revealed.