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Call to African young women

Africa is changing, but it seems as a continent it is taking longer to get women involved in higher decision making tables and governance. The transformation of the African economy has not made enough space for its female counterparts. Young female Africans need to awaken a generation that will not fear to take up positions that are in the forefront of African leadership and of decision-making in their countries and on the Continent.

Woman like Nkosazna Dr Zuma, Fatou Bensouda,
Joyce Banda,Ellen Johnson, Catherine Samba-Panza, Thuli Madontsela, have opened up new possibilities for women in politics in African economics, education and business, but we cannot only have a few prominent females in critical positions of decision making in Africa. In the history of Africa, the continent has only had three female presidents and that is something that needs to be challenged by a new generation of young African females, who have something to say and contribute to the welfare of Africa. The 2013 list of most influential politicians in Africa, 9/20 are female, this is a great reflection of Africa’s transformation but the problem is that there are no young people on this list, with the youngest being Lindiwe Mazibuko who is 34-years-old.  African politics needs to be reformed and be integrated with young people and women.

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