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Group picture with the participants and moderators of the WYDE Women’s Leadership Initiative ECOWAS Young Women’s Empowerment Academy. Participants from Benin, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Togo and The Gambia.
March 04, 2026

WYDE Academy for Young Women Leaders in ECOWAS
Written statement delivered to the United Nations.
June 25, 2025

High-Level Dialogue on Peace and Security in Africa
International IDEA logo
July 10, 2024

Women’s representation in African parliaments edges up, rises in executive positions but declines in local government

Advisor to the Governor of Kisumu County in Kenya on Disability Inclusion, Honorable Caroline Agwanda trains participants during the fifth edition of FAWE-convened Women In Political Participation Academy (WPP) Academy in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Olive Aseno
March 07, 2024

Women in politics trained on changing their political narrative in Kenya
Left to Right: Executive Director for Kuza Upeo Africa, Rahma, Co founder of The Great Noble Organization CBO Zeinabasma Abdi and Member of the County Assembly from Narok County Kenya, Charity Siandayo during the fifth Women Political Participation Academy by FAWE in Nairobi, Kenya
March 06, 2024

How the Women Political Participation Academy is influencing Africa's politics
Group photo of journalists, editors and members of staff from FAWE, International IDEA, FEMNET and AMWIK during the media training. Source: FAWE
January 19, 2024

Gender-responsive training by FAWE for Kenyan media
Global Goal 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
November 07, 2016

Joining regional efforts to promote gender equality and women's empowerment

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Apr 25
WebEx (online) and International IDEA's headquarters, by invitation only

Imagining Democratic Futures in Southern Africa and South Asia
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Mar 25
UNHQ, New York

Protection and Justice for Survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence – Approaches & Lessons from Nigeria

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