Jean Mensah to Host Africa’s Women EC Bosses

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, Jean Mensah will next week host her fellow female counterparts from across Africa.

This was conveyed in a press statement by the Samuel Tettey, the Deputy Chairman in Charge of Operations at the EC.

The meeting will be held under the auspices of the United Nations Development Programme’s Regional Service Centre for Africa and the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division.

It is also being organized in collaboration with International IDEA and the Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA), which Jean Mensah is the President of the Executive Committee.

The meeting which will begin on August 5 and end on August 6 will be attended by EC chairs from Cape Verde, Liberia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

“The meeting aims at offering an opportunity for Women leaders of EMBs to establish a continental network of Senior Electoral Administrators to foster peer support among women in Election Management Leadership in Africa.

“Additionally, the meeting will seek to review international and regional normative frameworks on women’s political participation in Africa.”