Women. Power.
Elections. Africa.
Gender and Elections Watch provides accessible gender data, analysis, candidate visibility and feminist solidarity infrastructure across African election cycles.
See the continent differently.
African women shape elections as voters, candidates, party leaders, election officials and elected representatives.
GEW connects their participation with source-linked country evidence on representation, laws, quotas and barriers to political power.
Women candidates.
Who is running, what shapes their campaigns, and why visibility matters.
GEW highlights women standing for office across Africa and brings together candidate visibility, election context and the conditions that shape participation.
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What shapes political participation?
Representation figures tell only part of the story.
Electoral laws, political finance, party systems, violence and election management all influence women's ability to enter, compete and lead.
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