In Zambia, women’s participation in politics is low: only 17% of the Members of Parliament and 9% local councillors are women. Zambia has been a multi-party democracy since 1991, but the political field is dominated by one party at a time. Women’s participation in politics is hindered by prevailing patriarchal attitudes and strict hierarchies within […]
Together with its partner Zambia National Women’s Lobby, Demo Finland has supported women’s political participation at the local level in Zambia since 2013. The cooperation expands as the organisations launch a new project to strengthen the political participation of persons with disabilities. The third partner in the new project is a Zambian organisation Disability Rights Watch. The […]
The vision of ZNWL is A nation with women and girls fully present in leadership roles and actively involved in decision making processes.
