Articles about National Assembly
Pressure mounts for 5050 legislated quota as Namibia Alliance focal point makes submission to Law Reform Commission
10 April 12
The NANGOF Trust gender sector, which is the Southern Africa Alliance focal network in Namibia, handed a 5050 submission to the Chairperson of the Law Reform and Development Commission,SackyShangalaon 14 March at a consultation meeting withcivil society.The regional Alliance Secretariat based at Gender Links and the... [read more]
Roadmap to Equality, Issue 22, December 2011
16 December 11
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Roadmap to Equality! Tracking progress towards the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.
As the curtain comes down on the Seventeen United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 17) on climate change, while the developed countries may... [read more]
Zambia: MPs Challenged to help eradicate gender violence
15 December 11 | (1) Comment
Regional relevance: Zambia
Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to help combat gender-based violence in Zambia. [read more]
Seychelles: On the way to meeting the 5050 target in the National Assembly
22 November 11
The tiny island of Seychelles recently became the leading country in the SADC region on women representation in Parliament at a time when most countries in the region have regressed in this area. The results of the 2011 National Assembly elections that were held early October show that women now constitute 43% (15... [read more]
Namibia: WAD wants Electoral Act amended to ensure gender equity
04 October 11
The Executive Director of the Women's Action for Development (WAD), Veronica De Klerk, wants Parliament to consider amending the Electoral Act to ensure that all party lists for the National Assembly elections are gender balanced.
This, she opines, is meant to achieve gender balance in the National Assembly
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Note from the editor
17 June 11
Welcome to the 17th edition of Roadmap to Equality! tracking progress toward the ratification and implementation and of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.
The most exciting gender achievement this month may very well be the legalisation of a 30% quota for women’s representation in Mauritius.... [read more]
The most exciting gender achievement this month may very well be the legalisation of a 30% quota for women’s representation in Mauritius.... [read more]
Gender in the 2009 Botswana elections
16 June 11
Regional relevance: Botswana
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links, in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC) in the run-up to the Botswana elections in October 2009. [read more]
The gender divide in Africa - breaking the glass ceiling
02 February 11
International protocols, by their very nature, can be long on optimism and short on pragmatism. So, when the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) set its 15 members lofty targets and a strict deadline with its Protocol on Gender and Development, even the most positive gender activist couldn't have expected... [read more]
Zambia Women's Groups demand the arrest of MP: ‘Arrest GBM, demand women'
02 February 11
The women's movement has called for the immediate arrest of Kasama Central member of Parliament Geoffrey Mwamba for allegedly threatening violence against his sister-in-law. [read more]
2011 SADC elections
01 February 11
National and local elections will be held in 7 SADC countries in 2011. [read more]
