Parliamentary Monitor Series

By Benedicta Naa Odarkor Ablateye, Communications Officer, ACEPA Africa is the world’s youngest continent. Young people are not merely the future of African democracy; they are its present. Yet despite their overwhelming demographic strength, youth remain significantly underrepresented across nearly every formal measure of political participation, from parliaments and party leadership structures to voter turnout. This underrepresentation […]

“Come together to present a united front.” — Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Clerk of Parliament of Ghana Building gender-responsive parliaments is not the work of one country alone. Under the Inclusive Legislatures for Gender-Responsive Policies (ILGRP) Project, implemented by the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) and the Parliamentary Centre, with funding from Global Affairs Canada, that[…]