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"States Parties shall take specific positive action to promote participative governance and the equal participation of women in the political life of their countries through affirmative action, enabling national legislation and other measures to ensure that: a) women participate without any discrimination in all elections;b) women are represented equally at all levels with men in all electoral processes;c) women are equal partners with men at all levels of development and implementation of State policies and development programmes."
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AU: Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, art. 9.1

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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

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