ECOWAS Sets 2035 Deadline for Equal Women's Representation in West African Parliaments

West African sub-region urged to increase involvement of women and youth in governance

By Edith Atiaka Eshun Ministers of Gender, Children, Women and Social Protection in the ECOWAS sub-region have been urged to take bold, coordinated action to remove barriers that prevent women and young people from fully participating in politics across West Africa. At a four-day ECOWAS regional consultation meeting in Accra, the President of ECOWAS Ministers Responsible for Gender, who is also Isata Mahoi, Sierra Leone’s Minister of Gender and …

ECOWAS Sets 2035 Deadline for Equal Women's Representation in West African Parliaments

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ecowas-sets-2035-deadline-for-equal-womens-representation-in-west-african-parliaments/A four-day regional consultation hosted by Ghana concluded in Accra on Friday, February 20, with West African ministers issuing a collective call for legally binding legislative reforms to guarantee equal political representation for women and youth by 2035, drawing …

ECOWAS VP asks member states to drive political inclusion for women, youth

THE Vice President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ms Damtien Tchintchibidja has called on member states to take full ownership of the ECOWAS 50th Anniversary Legacy Project on the political participation and leadership of women and youth in order to ensure its realisation. According to her, the success of the project designed to mark 50 years of regional integration could only be successful when Gender Ministers of member states and their governments…