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UN Women supports the implementation of Zebra Model in Mozambique
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Civil Society organizations, provincial and local governments represented by female mayors and governors and the country´s executive through the ministry of State Administration held a 3-day Conference in Maputo the capital of Mozambique for an exchange of experience on the implementation of recommendations of 39th summit of Southern Africa Development Community, SADC heads of States held in 2019.
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Le bureau d’ONU Femmes au Burundi et le Forum National des Femmes ont signé le jeudi 16 juillet 2020, un accord de partenariat visant à renforcer la participation politique des femmes aux prochaines échéances politiques. Prévu pour une durée de 5 mois, le projet cible essentiellement une plus grande participation de femmes candidates collinaires pour ainsi atteindre au moins 20% de femmes candidates.
Regional Course for Africa: Political Empowerment of Women - May 9-26, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016
MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation with UN Women Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) and Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) invite professionals to participate in theRegional Course for Africa: Political Empowerment of Women - May 9-26, 2016.
Women’s Situation Room to contribute to a peaceful electoral process in Uganda
Thursday, February 18, 2016
The official opening of the Uganda Women’s Situation Room was held on 15 February 2016 at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala. The Women’s Situation Room is an early warning and rapid response mechanism against violence arising before, during and after elections.
Women claim their space in Tanzania’s elections
Friday, October 23, 2015
A dozen of the women candidates trained by UN Women and partners speak about the challenges they’ve faced in the lead-up to this weekend’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections and how the training has motivated them