Gender

On 9 August, Kenyans went to the polls for landmark general elections that featured the highest ever number of women candidates, resulting...

Check out the brilliant round table on the importance of ideologies and ideas in Africa. https://youtu.be/iWHxNa8DePQ

Governments, researchers and stakeholders have often recognized education as the single most potent instrument for the emancipation of marginalised groups and for...

Do male leaders, who so often profess a commitment to gender equality (for example here and here), believe in it? A study by...

For the last decade or so, more and more governments have moved in the direction of gender parity cabinets – the appointment...

We are proud to present the finalists for the inaugural The Continent/Democracy in Africa Comment Prize! After receiving an incredible 342...

In August this year, Yves de M’Bella, a media personality in Côte d’Ivoire, brought a male guest, Kader Traoré, onto his prime-time...

Gaining support from political parties has been an uphill battle for women aspirants and candidates in the 30 years since two of...

According to the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development’s Policy Report on Gender and Development: 10 Years After Beijing, the transfer...

During the 2021 General Elections in Uganda, we monitored social media accounts belonging to nominated women candidates and highly vocal women to...