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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87014, member: 27"] West Africa's political landscape is getting called out hard, and women plus youth being locked out of governance is now officially a regional crisis on the agenda. ECOFEPA's Senator Moussokoura sets the tone in Accra [LIST] [*]Senator Chantal Fanny Moussokoura flat-out declared that no democracy can pull through when women get pushed out of political leadership. [*]Moussokoura framed the Regional Consultation on Political Participation and Leadership of Women and Youth in West Africa as a historic and decisive gathering. [*]Women and youth make up the majority of West Africa's population, yet political decision-making spaces keep shutting them out. [*]Quotas, affirmative action policies, and gender-sensitive electoral systems are the bold fixes Moussokoura is pushing for. [/LIST] ECOWAS ministerial meeting targets gender parity by 2035 [LIST] [*]Ministers and key stakeholders got pulled together under the Economic Community of West African States to hash out strategies for gender parity in elected bodies between 2025 and 2035. [*]Legal, cultural, economic, and institutional roadblocks are all being examined at the consultation. [*]A draft declaration on gender parity is headed to the Authority of Heads of State for consideration. [*]Participants are building a collective roadmap tied to ECOWAS Vision 2050, the African Union's Agenda 2063, and the Sustainable Development Goals. [/LIST] ECOWAS Commission VP flags the 50th Anniversary Legacy Project [LIST] [*]Vice President Damtien Tchintchibidja spotlighted the ECOWAS 50th Anniversary Legacy Project as the structural backbone for lasting political inclusion. [*]A Presidential Political Declaration and co-created regional guidelines will anchor the whole framework. [*]Ministers handling gender equality got told to see themselves as architects of this legacy project, not just passive stakeholders. [/LIST] Ghana's Minister Lartey doubles down on commitment [LIST] [*]Hon. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey reaffirmed Ghana's commitment to pushing women's and youth political participation across West Africa. [*]President John Dramani Mahama's alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals, Agenda 2063, and the ECOWAS Gender Policy got a firm shoutout from Lartey. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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