While reading through the profiles of the candidates featured on Fempo.net, you might have been struck by the alphabet soup of political party acronyms: BUREC, ADR, LIDEC, etc. If you were wondering what they mean then this blog post is for you.
Read MoreWelcome to Fempo Interactive where we pose problem questions, in response to which, readers can submit solutions. This can help the women featured on this site as well as other aspiring politicians to deepen their reflection on some of Africa’s most intractable problems. In this space, each month, we will present a problem question. We will compile the most thoughtful responses and publish them here. Let's get started.
Read MoreIn 2014, there were three African female presidents. Now there is one. Mozambique’s former Prime Minister Luísa Diogo and Malawi’s president Joyce Banda are no longer calling the shots in their countries. However, powerful women like Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are still active in their countries or representing their countries to the world.
Read MoreThe objective of this document is to further empower the politicians featured on Fempo through offering regularly published articles that provide tips to political women, especially regarding how to build your profile, hone your message and mobilize resources. This is our first installment.
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