Women's Political Participation

Botswana: Woman deputy speaker, but fewer women MPs

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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Southern Africa: Women call for action – HOS Summit

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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