Africa Women MPs Discuss Ways to Boost Numbers in Political Sphere
African women Members of Parliament see political will, financing and enhancing education opportunities as some of the ways to increase the participation of women in the political sphere.
With more than 15 elections expected to take place on the continent this year, the African Union Commission in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), brought together prominent women parliamentarians to discuss challenges they face and ways in which to address them. The exchanges took place on the margins of the Women in Parliaments global summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Sharing Rwanda’s experience, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in Parliament, Ms Donatille Mukabalisa, highlighted the importance of strong political will at the highest level in promoting women’s political participation, adding that electoral systems need to be geared up to be gender-sensitive and to empower women to assume leadership positions.
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