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NAIROBI, KENYA – Legislators from women’s parliamentary caucuses in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, and Uganda today formally established a regional coalition to be known as the Women’s Parliamentary Association (WPA) in the East Africa-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region.
Gemima Neves Barlow is the deputy regional director for Southern and East Africa. She has successfully implemented a wide range of democracy programming across the African continent, especially West and Southern Africa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The implications for democracy of 30 African elections slated through 2016 will be discussed next week by senior Africa experts during a briefing and roundtable discussion at the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
Mr. Travis L. Adkins is a Lecturer of African and Security Studies at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. As an international development leader, he has two decades of experience working in governance, civil society and humanitarian affairs in over 50 nations throughout Africa and the Middle East.
Today, Dr. Chris Fomunyoh testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations on the Future of Democracy and Governance in Liberia.
See his full remarks below.
Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh is currently senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa at NDI. He has organized and advised international election observation missions to Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Dickson Omondi is NDI's regional director for Southern and East Africa. Mr. Omondi has over 20 years of experience in political party strengthening, legislative development, advancing electoral integrity, and civil society development work. He joined the Institute in 2001 from the League of Kenya Women Voters where he helped pioneer youth political participation programs.
Alain Ayadokoun is NDI's resident director in Senegal. He first worked with NDI as a program officer from 1999-2003, covering a number of programs in West Africa and Rwanda. He subsequently had an illustrious career of over 17 years with the United Nations, Department of Political Affairs, serving as Chief Technical Expert and senior elections expert in a number of countries in West and Central Africa.