MONROVIA – While attending a meeting attending the Inaugural Meeting of Women Chairpersons of African Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in Accra, Ghana, the Chairperson of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Madam Davidetta Browne Lansanah reportedly introduced the NEC’s new Gender Policy at the Meeting.
Although details of the NEC new Gender Policy is yet to be disclosed, a Press release of 5 August, 2024 and signed by the Commission’s Communications Director Prince A. Dunbar says the meeting in which the new Gender Policy is reportedly introduced runs from 5 – 6 August 2024.
The release added that the meeting is being hosted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana and the Secretariat of the Association of African Electoral Authorities (AAEA).
NEC in a dispatch from Accra says, the meeting is also in partnership with the UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, UN Electoral Assistance Division, the African Union Commission and the International IDEA.
In the official invite extended Madam Browne Lansanah, the organizers disclosed that the Meeting of Women Chairpersons of African Election Management Bodies (EMBs) is an opportunity for women EMB leaders to reflect on establishing a continental network of senior electoral administrators aimed at fostering peer – support among women in election management in Africa.
According to the dispatch, there are eight women who are chairpersons of EMBs in Africa currently, including; Liberia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Cape Verde, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The release issued on Monday, 5 August 2024 by NEC – Liberia, Chairperson Browne Lansanah, the NEC boss’ participation in the Ghana meeting is sponsored by the UN Electoral Assistance Division.
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