Press Releases
ECOWAS appeals for peace and restraint as guineans go to the polls
 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has sued for peaceful conduct and the highest degree of restraint from political parties, stakeholders and the generality of citizens as Guinea holds her presidential election on the 11th of October … Continue reading
Joint Communique of the Economic Community of West African States and the Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities
ECOWAS Election observers gear up for Guinean polls
About 100 election observers from ECOWAS are participating in the presidential election in Guinea scheduled for the 11th of October 2015. The ECOWAS election Mission is headed by former Liberian president Amos Sawyer who had similarly led the ECOWAS election … Continue reading
2015 ECOWAS-GIZ QUALITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING Qualified Quality Representatives
2015 ECOWAS-GIZ QUALITY MANAGEMENT TRAINING Qualified Quality Representatives (Anglophones) September 2015 Session Name & Surname Country M. Bakary CONTEH The Gambia Mrs Jane Tayibah BLAY Ghana M. Kwabena FRIMPONG Ghana Mrs Vida OFORI Ghana M. Frank WILSON Ghana M. Emmanuel … Continue reading
40 GUINEAN WOMEN RECEIVE GENDER SENSITIVE ELECTIONS TRAINING AS CATALYST FOR PARTICIPATORY GOVERNANCE
 No fewer than forty Guinean women carefully selected from all the strata of the country’s society have received a gender sensitive elections training and are now catalysts for participatory governance and development. The women are to be drivers … Continue reading
ECOWAS GENDER AND ELECTIONS WORKSHOP CALLS FOR THE MOBILIZATION OF WOMEN TO PROMOTE THE CONDUCT OF PEACEFUL ELECTIONS IN GUINEA
The national elections in Guinea are scheduled to hold on 11th October 2015, and the women of Guinea have been charged to promote women’s electoral participation and political representation in the forthcoming elections in the country. The ECOWAS Commissioner … Continue reading
ECOWAS-DANIDA HOLDS GENDER AND ELECTIONS TRAINING FOR MEMBER STATES IN CONAKRY
Gender equity with the ultimate goal of promoting greater participation of women in electoral processes in the region is at the heart of a training workshop being organised by ECOWAS in conjunction with the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) in … Continue reading