Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns

• Information

  Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns - Information

  Matched Team	Team 50
  Name	Janet Nyanda Ganu	Country	Sierra Leone
  Scholarship	GAS	Email Address	janetganu307@gmail.com
  Year	2020	Program	MDP
  Workplace Category	Government	Workplace	Ministry of Technical and Higher Education
  Department	Education Sector Support Project	Position	Administrative Assistant

• Brief intro of project

  Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns - Brief intro of project

  Title	Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns
  Sustainable Development Goals	5. Gender Equality
  Timely Global Issues	5. Exchange of Knowledge and Culture
  Sub-topic that describes project	Governance
  Summary of your project	Through the KDIS Working Partner Program, our Alumni Team aims to vitrine the “Enhance the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance Project”. This project will be executed through Social Media Campaigns, Rallies, Short Dramas, and Radio & Television Talk Shows. This Project aims to; 1. To increase awareness of women’s involvement and participation in every aspect of their countries' electoral process. 2. To empower women to participate and create positive impacts in electoral processes and governance within their community. 3. To engage the available structures to encourage women to contribute towards Peaceful & Accountable Governance, Social Cohesion, and National Development. The world is a global village linked by Social Media Platforms and other forms of Telecommunication. We propose that these platforms should be harnessed to influence the increased participation of African women in Governance positively. The human mind is more motivated by the lives of others and we learn faster through visuals. Therefore, this project will make short dramas about the lives of historical women leaders and show case the positive impact presently influenced by African Women leaders in Governance through Media Talk shows.

• Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns - Alumni or organization want to cooperate with

  Specific alumni in mind	Gloria Athieno
  Specific nationality of the alumni in mind	African
  Specific organization(s) / workplace(s) in mind
  Specific work position(s) in mind

• Details of Cooperation Project

  Enhancing the Participation of African Women in Electoral Structures and Governance through Media Campaigns - Details of Cooperation Project

  Objective of the Project	The Project is divided into two (2) sub Projects; Communication and Education 1. The objective of the communication sub-project is: i. to create the awareness of women’s participation during National Elections.” 2. The objective of the Education sub-project is: i. To Educate women about their rights to vote and be voted for, ii. To Encourage women to take up more leadership positions in Governance and harness their feminine Power to make meaningful decisions in areas such as Quality Education, Health, Housing, and Social Justice for National Development.
  Expected Benefits from the Project	- There is increased awareness of women’s participation in the electoral process; this outcome can be evaluated by the number of female participants in Local and National Elections. - Women’s capacity is fully harnessed to participate in their rights to vote and be voted for; this outcome can be evaluated by how well women know about their electoral rights - To motivate and capacitate women to participate in Policy interventions and national development.
  Anything you would like to inform the potential partner	This Project for the sake of this research is designed to be implemented in African countries but it is a one-size-fits-all project that can be implemented in any other country since gender inequality in Governance is a universal problem.