Satang Nabanech, a 2012 LLM student (Human Rights & Democratisation in Africa) recently won a prize for her paper in AAWORD's essay competition.

The Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD) organises the Advocacy Competition on Gender and Political Participation in Africa.

Read Satang's prize-winning entry

Context and Justification of the competition

Despite the achievements noted, gender equality is still mobilizing women’s organisations and activists on gender mainstreaming need in policies and programs developed by African states at the global, continental and national levels. At the level of democratic governance, the examination of the trends of women’s political participation since Beijing reveals that, despite a few results gained on the field, progress are very short of the 30% set in Beijing. The gap between men and women is still high at all levels of decision making

Satang Nabanech

Satang is a Child Rights activist and women‟s rights advocate. She has in-depth knowledge of the rights and empowerment of women which she has translated into capacity building, programme development, research and practical engagement with grassroots, national, regional and international organizations and platforms she is part of and has worked with.

She possesses strong advocacy, presentation and communications skills as well as good research and networking skills necessary to advance the leadership development for young women that she ardently believes in and passionate about.

The Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD) is a pan-African non-governmental organization based in Dakar, Senegal. AAWORD undertakes and supports research and training and advocacy with the intention of promoting the economic, political and social rights of African women.