Building Bridges and Amplifying Voices, WOSSO Advocacy & Networking Townhall The Townhall forms part of a series of Linking and Learning conversations designed to deepen solidarity and build concrete strategies for interregional advocacy. This September session is particularly timely as it comes ahead of major global policy moments like COP30, offering a platform for fellows […]
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As part of my WOSSO Fellowship journey, I had the privilege of visiting the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office In Antananarivo, Madagascar. This was no ordinary visit—it was a moment of deep reflection, learning, and collective visioning for the future of women in leadership across our region. Present during this engagement were Mr. François
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Gaborone, November 7, 2024: As Botswana’s historic first change of government in almost six decades wraps-up, the National Assembly has elected Helen Pushie Manyeneng the Deputy Speaker of the 13th Parliament. On 6 November, elected parliamentarians voted for six Special Elected Members of Parliament (SEMP), half of whom were women. This brought women’s representation in the National Assembly
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West Palm Beach, Florida 7 November: “He can be lawless. She must be flawless.” Those famous last words of CNN political commentator Van Jones just before the US elections are true for just about any woman who has run for political office, let alone bid for the most powerful job in the world. The words
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Rita Tiriboyi, amongst a number of her initiatives and achievements, was identified to be a Woman of the South Speak Out (WOSSO) Fellow. WOSSO is a Global South programme which offers fellowships to young women from the global south to advance their local advocacy initiatives linking them to regional and global initiatives. WOSSO is led by
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Harare, 16 August: Southern African women’s rights defenders are calling on heads of state meeting here on SADC Day, 17 August, to fulfil their commitments to the rights of women in all their diversity. “Tomorrow marks the sixteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development,” noted Emma
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Harare 9 August: Women of the South Speak Out (WOSSO) fellows from Southern Africa make their debut on South African Women’s Day at the start of a packed programme in the wings of the SADC Heads of State Summit. “We are super excited to announce and onboard the 14 young women activists from six countries in Southern
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Johannesburg, 31 May: As election results from the 2024 South African elections pour in, Gender Links (GL) predicts a drop in women’s representation in the national assembly of between three and five percentage points. The result would be South Africa dropping from its current twelfth place in the global ranking of women’s political participation (WPP)
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