By Lilian Bruce, Gender and CSO Advisor, ACEPA Across Africa, the movement to empower women in politics and public life is gaining renewed momentum. While the push for gender equality began decades ago – in Ghana, for example, with pioneers like Madam Evelyn Amarteifio and the founding of the National Federation of Gold Coast Women – the […]
By Benedicta Naa Odarkor Ablateye, Communications Officer, ACEPA Around the world, women’s representation in parliaments is rising, driven largely by deliberate reforms such as gender quotas, reserved seats, and party-level mandates. Countries like Rwanda, Senegal, and Sierra Leone offer instructive examples of how targeted interventions can change the face of political leadership. In Rwanda, a pioneering quota[…]
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The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) is looking for a consultant in Kenya to enhance the capacity of legislatures to initiate, debate, amend and pass inclusive and gender responsive laws, including gender responsive budgets and legislation through conducting an economic and gender analysis and present results to parliamentary committees and caucuses to initiate draft laws and[…]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) is seeking a consultant for our Kenya team as part of the Inclusive Legislatures for Gender Responsive Policies (ILGRP) project. The consultant will help conduct a gender analysis and inform the review and/or development (where appropriate) of parliamentary tools, manuals, and methodology on practices and processes used in initiating, scrutinizing,[…]