WEST AFRICAN LEADERS ADOPT ABUJA REGIONAL ACTION AGENDA TO ACCELERATE WOMEN’S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP04 Aug, 2026Ministers, parliamentarians, political party leaders and women’s networks from across West Africa today adopted the Abuja Regional Action Agenda, setting out concrete, time-bound steps to advance the vision embodied in the Presidential Declaration on Advancing Gender Parity in Political Representation, adopted by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. The Declaration calls on Member States to strengthen the constitutional, legal and policy frameworks that enable women’s political participation and leadership. “Women’s political leadership is no longer a matter of fairness to women. Mme Bineta Diop, Co-Convener of the African Women Leaders Network, in a statement delivered on her behalf by Mme Marie Louise Mwange, AWLN Global Co-Chair. The Facility’s flagship African Academy for Women in Political Leadership launches in Kigali from 3 – 7 August 2026.