Earlier this week, the National Network Coordinator of WANEP-The Gambia, Ms. Salama Njie, led a delegation of ten distinguished women to the Regional Conference on Promoting Electoral Integrity and Peaceful Participation through Electoral Literacy for Women and Young Women in West Africa. The delegation was drawn from the Women’s Wing of the Inter-Party Committee, women’s organisations, The Gambia Press Union, the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) and the National Youth Parliament.
The conference was organised by Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas (FIAP) through the EU Support to ECOWAS Peace and Security Governance Project (ESPG), in collaboration with WANEP-The Gambia.
Held in Abuja, Nigeria, the workshop brought together participants from The Gambia, Nigeria and Benin. It aimed to strengthen inclusive, informed and peaceful democratic participation among women and young women in West Africa by:
Consolidating the gains of FIAP’s electoral and political literacy interventions; Showcasing and strengthening the One Voice Network Platform; Building participants’ capacity to counter misinformation and prevent electoral violence; and Strengthening cross-border collaboration among civil society actors in Nigeria, The Gambia and Benin.
The National Network Coordinator also participated in a panel discussion under the theme “Women and Youth Participation in Democratic Governance: Identifying and Dismantling Structural, Legal and Socio-Cultural Barriers.”
WANEP-The Gambia extends its deepest gratitude to FIAP, the European Union and the ECOWAS Peace and Security Governance Project for their continued support and collaboration in making this workshop possible.#WANEPGambia #ElectoralIntegrity #WomenInPolitics #YouthParticipation #PeacefulElections #WestAfrica
