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AFRICAN UNION CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS & THE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY

• Article 4(l) African Union Constitutive Act enshrines gender equality [2000]
• African Charter on Human and People’s Rights [1981 – effective 1986]
• Africa Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the child [1999]
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) [2003]
• Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa [2003]

AFRICAN UNION POLICIES, STRATEGIES & INITIATIVES FOR GENDER EQUALITY & WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

• Agenda 2063 [Aspiration 6 and Goal 17]
• Africa Union Gender Policy [2009]
• African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 2018 – 2028
• African Union Women & Youth Financial and Economic Inclusion Initiative
• Continental Results Framework for Monitoring and Reporting on the Implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Africa [2018]
• Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWise- Africa) [2017]
• Maputo Protocol Scorecard and Index (MPSI)
• One Million Next Level Initiative [2022]

UN CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS :

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights [1948]
• Convention on the Political Rights of Women [1952]Convention on the Nationality of Married Women [1957]
• Convention on the Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age of Marriage and Registration of Marriage [1962]
• International Covenant on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) [1966]
• Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [1967]
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) [1969]

UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY

• Resolution 1325 (2000)
• Resolution 1820 (2009)
• Resolution 1888 (2009)
• Resolution 1889 (2010)
• Resolution 1960 (2011)
• Resolution 2106 (2013)
• Resolution 2122 (2013)
• Resolution 2242 (2015)
• Resolution 2467 (2019)
• Resolution 2493 (2019)

UN WORLD CONFERENCES ON WOMEN

• MEXICO CITY (1975)
• COPENHAGEN (1980)
• NAIROBI (1985)
• BEIJING (1995)

WOMEN LEADERS WHO HAVE SERVED AS PRESIDENTS AND PRIME MINISTERS IN AFRICA PRESIDENTS:

• President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Liberia – [January 2006 – January 2018]
• President Joyce Hilda Banda – Malawi – [April 2012 – May 2014]
• President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim – Mauritius – [June 2015 – March 2018]
• President Sahle-Work Zewde – Ethiopia – [October 2018 to date]
• President Samia Suhulu Hassan, Tanzania – [March 2021 to date]

ACTING OR INTERM PRESIDENTS:

• Prime Minister and President Sylvie Kinigi, Burundi, [ Prime Minister from July 1993 – October 1993 and President from October 1993 – February 1994]
• Prime minister and President Agathe Uwilingiyimana – Rwanda [ July 1993 – April 1994]
• President Rose Francine Rogombe – Gabon [ June 2009- October 2009]
• President Agnes Monique Oshan Bellepeau, Mauritius, [ March 2012 – July 2012]
• President Catherine Samba -Panza – Central Africa Republic – [ January 2014 to March 2016]

PRIME MINISTERS:

• Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila – Namibia [March 2015 – date]
• Prime Minister Luisa Dias Diogo – Mozambique [August 2004 – January 2010]
• Prime minister Maria das Neves Ceita Baptista de Sousa – Sao Tome and Principe – [October 2002 – September 2004]
• Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye – Senegal, [March 2001 – November 2002]
• Prime minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda – Gabon [July 2020 – January 2023]
• Prime Minister Victoire Sidemeho Dzidudu Dogbe Tomegah – Togo [September 2020 to date]
• Prime Minister Elizabeth Domitien – Central Africa Republic [January 1975 – April 1976]
• Prime Minister Cisse Mariam Kaidama Sidibe – Mali , [April 2011 – March 2012]
• Prime Minister Amintata Toure – Senegal – [September 2013 – July 2014]
• Prime Minister Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira – Sao Tome and Principe [June 2005 – April 2006]
• Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, Uganda [June 2021 to date]
• Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane, Tunisia [October 2021 – August 2023]

SOURCE: WWW.AFRICA.COM & WIKIPEDIA

INTER-PARLIMENTARY UNION RANKING OF THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AS AT 1 ST JUNE 2024

TOP PERFORMING AFRICAN COUNTRIES
RANKING [OUT OF 180 MEMBER STATES]

SOURCE: INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION OFFICIAL WEBSITE