Published 12/22/2011 - 7:52 a.m. GMT
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Mathew K. Jallow, Mathew K. Jallow, an erudite writer, journalist and an activist
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Published 11/10/2011 - 10:06 p.m. GMT
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"Women's political representation is absolutely important," says Nomcebo Manzini, head of UN Women for Southern Africa
(Photo: Africa Renewal / Ernest Harsch )
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As a sub-region we certainly
have a long way to go. A few
countries have been doing
well, but there are others
that have regressed. In terms
of women in political
leadership positions, the
average is only 18 per cent.
It is way below the 30 per
cent we have been calling for,
and far below the 50 per cent
that the heads of state and
government agreed to in
signing the Gender and
Development Protocol [of the
Southern African Development
Community, SADC]. Most
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Published 10/11/2011 - 1:43 p.m. GMT
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President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire: “It would be unfortunate if the FPI does not participate in these elections.
(Photo: Africa Renewal / John Gillespie)
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Published 08/23/2011 - 5:51 a.m. GMT
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Moamer Kadhafi (left) with Gambian President Yahja Jammeh
(Photo: AFP)
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When the Arab Spring began in
Tunisia and spread to Egypt, I
told a university professor
that Libya’s strongman Col.
Mumar Ghadafy’s regime will
soon be swept away in this
infectious tide of political
liberation.
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