MPs In Kenya To Vote On Two-Thirds Gender Bill on Wednesday
The National Assembly will on Wednesday take a vote on the elusive two-thirds gender bill. The bill seeks to bridge the gender disparity in parliament by providing for extra nomination slots for women. The Constitution says that no gender shall be more than two thirds both in elective and appointive positions in public service. Out […]
Teachers Service Commission Urged To Take Education Seriously
Two MPs from Garissa have asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to post more female teachers to girls only schools so as to enable them address their issues. Garissa Woman Rep Anab Subow and Ijara MP Sophia Abdinoor urged the government to employ more female teachers as part of affirmative action. Speaking Monday at Fafi […]
Female MPs In Ghana Assemble To Discuss Gender Roles And Political Participation
A day’s workshop to strengthen the capacity of the Women’s Caucus of Parliament has been held in Accra. It was collaboration between the Embassy of Israel’s International Agency for International Development and Cooperation (MASHAV) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. It is part of the embassy’s initiatives to contribute to Ghana’s efforts […]
Kenya MPs Make Fresh Attempt At Gender Bill
A Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking to give effect to the two-thirds gender principle through the creation of special seats will be formally introduced in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The Bill which is sponsored Majority Leader Aden Duale proposes that the number of special seats will be determined after the General Election and shall be […]
Members Of Parliament In Nambia Champion Women’s Right
Swapo MP Petrina Haingura has lamented the fact that gender-based violence continues to increase despite progressive legislation that exists to deter such violation of women’s rights. Haingura, and other parliamentarians Agnes Limbo and Sophia Swartz join over 100 other delegates in what is poised to be a historic convergence of women lawmakers at the first […]
Tanzania: Girl Rights Activists Challenge MPs On Pregnancy Policy
Tanzania Ending Child Marriage Network (TECMN) has expressed their disappointment on how some members of parliament have rejected the policy that allows pregnant school girls to resume their studies after delivery. The network’s Chairperson Valerie Msoka said this today at a press conference. She said that those MPs have shown negligence in understanding the root […]
Kenyan MPs approve bill to have employers provide breastfeeding stations
Working mothers will be now be able to juggle between work and breastfeeding. MPs approved a historic provision on Tuesday that will make it mandatory for employers to provide breastfeeding stations for nursing mothers in the workplace. In another win for women, after Parliament passed the Matrimonial Property and Sexual Offences bills, MPs also approved […]
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