opinion Yesterday, the new African National Congress (ANC) top six leaders were elected at the political party’s 53rd National Conference in Mangaung (Free State, South Africa). Despite the ANC’s 50/50 gender quota policy, only two of the six are women – Jessie Duarte, who is now the Deputy Secretary General and Baleka Mbete who will Continue Reading...
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Making Strides: Women in African Politics
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Written by Abi Adegboye Ph.D Happy Women’s History Month! This is a great time to reflect on our accomplishments and to celebrate as African women. The 2000s brought unprecedented political opportunities for African women. Many countries strived to make good on their ratification of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Continue Reading...
New Trends in Women’s Political Participation in Africa
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Aili Mari Tripp University of Wisconsin Madison In the 1990s, for the first time in the post-independence period greater numbers of African women began to aspire to political leadership at the national and local levels. Although their impact was still minimal and the obstacles daunting, new female faces and voices began to be seen and Continue Reading...
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