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The panel discussion on Power & Party Gatekeeping explored the reforms needed to expand women's access to political leadership. 🧕🏿 This included transparent nomination processes & funding for women candidates + improved representation in party leadership. 🗳️ #WomenInPolitics

🔴 Coming soon Launch of the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership, led by @UNDPAfrica , in partnership with @ASG_Africa , @AWLNetwork & the @_AfricanUnion The inaugural cohort is bringing together 40 women to strengthen inclusive & effective political leadership.

This week, we join @AUC_WGYD & partners at the AUC–RECs Regional Coordination Meeting to strengthen evidence-based action, uphold shared accountability and champion a unified agenda for #GEWE & #EVAWG. 🛡️ Together, we're accelerating progress under the #SpotlightInitiative. 🤝🏿

@_AfricanUnion @WGYD_Director @MalokaVictoria1 @UNDPAfrica "​Partnership is not a slogan; it is our working method." ​As the AUC–RECs Coordination Meeting gets underway in Cape Town🇿🇦, @WGYD_Director rallies partners around the 3Ps—Policy, Partnerships, and People—to drive real accountability. #Agenda2063 #GEWE #Spotlightinitiative

Partnerships drive stronger outcomes for women and girls. 🌍 From 22–24 July, we are meeting with @_AfricanUnion, RECs, and partners in Cape Town 🇿🇦 to strengthen coordination on #GEWE and #SRHR, advancing #Agenda2063 through collective action. #SpotlightInitiative

We welcomed @BIDC_EBID for a working session on the #GenderEqualitySeal for Public Institutions. As a UNDP flagship initiative, the Seal helps institutions strengthen leadership, accountability and systems for inclusive development across Africa. 🌍 🔗 shorturl.at/EFpU4

🎉Congratulations @ahunnaeziakonwa on your appointment as @UN Special Adviser on Africa Your leadership over 8 years helped elevate Africa’s voice, unlock partnerships & inspire a generation to think bigger. Your impact will endure far beyond this chapter un.org/sg/en/content/…

Advancing gender equality in @SADCnews Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources mandate: #GenderMainstreaming can transform food systems, strengthen livelihoods, and promote sustainable natural resource management. #GenderEquality #Agriculture

Inclusive economic transformation starts with gender responsive policies. W/ @SADCnews, we explored practical approaches to integrating #GenderMainstreaming into industrialization and trade, reinforcing its importance for more inclusive and sustainable growth 💜

"Through the Africa Facility to Support Women in Politics, which UNDP is delivering with the African Union and AWLN, we are about to launch the inaugural African Academy for Women in Political Leadership: a fully funded, continental programme that will equip its first cohort of 30 women with the skills to govern, to legislate, and to lead. And because too many capable women are stopped not by a lack of talent, but by a lack of money: the cost of running, of campaigning, of competing, the Facility is opening a continental consultation to confront those financial barriers head-on." - Jide Okeke, Director, Regional Programme for Africa, UNDP RSCA, in his opening remarks at AWLN's High-Level Dialogue on the margins of the 2026 AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville #AfDBAM2026 #AWLN #WomenLeadership #EconomicTransformation #GenderEquality #Agenda2063

Apply to join the first cohort of the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership. A fully funded continental programme supporting 30 women leaders through leadership development, policy engagement & high-level exposure. 🔗 Apply by 15 May: shorturl.at/nKXN5

The clock is ticking! ⌛️ The African Academy for Women in Political Leadership is investing in a new generation of women leaders ready to shape governance and drive transformation across Africa. 🚀 Could this be you? Applications close Friday. 👉🏾 shorturl.at/nKXN5

🚨 2 DAYS LEFT! 🚨 Don't miss your chance to join the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership — brought to you by the African School of Governance, @_AfricanUnion, @AWLNetwork, and @UNDPAfrica. ⏳ Deadline: 2 days to go ✅ Apply now 🔗 shorturl.at/nKXN5 #WomenInLeadership #AfricanGovernance #ASG #AfricanUnion

“Ratification alone is not success. Success will be measured by budgets allocated, laws enforced, survivors protected, perpetrators held accountable, and communities transformed.” - Ms. Joyce Mends-Cole, Acting Executive Director of AWLN At the official launch of the #AUCEVAWG Roadmap, Ms. Joyce Mends-Cole highlighted the critical role of African citizens, women leaders, youth, and male allies in advancing the signature, ratification, domestication, and implementation of the Convention. She also paid tribute to H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, AWLN Patron & Former President of the Republic of Liberia, whose call for leadership and accountability helped catalyze the process that led to the Convention’s development, and commended the tireless advocacy of Mme @BinetaDOfficial, AWLN Co-Convener & Former AU Special Envoy on WPS and partners across the continent.

The African Women Leaders Network (@AWLNetwork) commends the @UN , the @EU_Commission & the @_AfricanUnion for organizing this timely #SIARP 2.0 side event, on the Spotlight Initiative at the sidelines of the 12th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development. This important dialogue on a whole-of-continent approach to ending violence against women and girls, and creating a space to strengthen leadership, partnerships and investment across Africa, was a fruitful space to build momentum as we advocate for the ratification of the #AUCEVAWG. AWLN welcomed the opportunity to engage with partners and stakeholders gathered around this important continental agenda and to reaffirm the shared commitment to ending violence against women and girls across Africa. Through its continental network and 39 national chapters, AWLN remains committed to supporting advocacy, mobilization and collective action for a safer and more equal Africa. #ARFSD12

Today at #ARFSD12, the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme for Africa #SIARP looked at how to strengthen a whole-of-continent approach to ending violence against women and girls.

“Women’s participation and leadership are not optional, they are indispensable to building peace, fostering social cohesion, and advancing sustainable development.” At a high-level roundtable in #Mozambique organized by The Hunger Project & Universidade Joaquim Chissano on Women’s Leadership and Sustainable Development, Mme Bineta Diop, AWLN Co-Convener & Former AU Special Envoy on WPS, underscored the #urgent need to move beyond #representation toward meaningful influence for women at all levels of #leadership. The discussion highlighted the critical role of women leaders at the local level in transforming governance systems, strengthening community resilience, and advancing Africa’s sustainable development agenda. #AWLN #TheAfricaWeWant #Agenda2063

💬 SIARP 2.0 focuses on systems, coordination and investment, connecting data, partnerships and sector-based responses. @Cleoh36 on lessons from the Spotlight Initiative 1.0 in Africa and the shift to the next phase #ARFSD12

💬 Clean cooking is one of the highest-return development investments available today. The cost of inaction is already significant, across health, productivity and economic performance. @riadmeddeb of @UNDP intervening online at the Beyond Stoves side event ⚡️

💬 The #CleanCooking agenda is about energy access but also about strengthening a transformative economic frontier with the power to reshape livelihoods, markets & futures across the continent. @mznaab at #ARFSD12 opening of the Beyond Stoves side event ⚡️