The Mayor of Banjul, a large state in the country of Gambia
was a washed with the generosity and benevolence of Rohey Lowe who recently
launched the Gambian faction of REFELA, a network of women elected officials of
substantial and local governments in Africa. According to Mayor Lowe, she is
interested in the growth of women and the encouragement of the womenfolk to
develop themselves globally. REFELA was founded in 2005 in South Africa for the
reunification of three continental groups of local governments.
According to reports available to us, REFELA is the African
section of the world organization, UCLG Africa with a membership of 44 national
associations of local governments from all regions of Africa as well as 2000
cities that have more than 100,000 inhabitants.
Mayor Lowe emphasized further that the unification of
African women is very necessary and will help propel the continent to the
highest level in the nearest future. In records, REFELA has now become a
fundamental part of UCLG Africa and represents locally elected women officials
within the global women’s Commission of United Cities and Local Governments
that is the UCLG. The highly revered Mayor of Bajul, Lowe further emphasized
that the launch will mark a turning point in the aspiration of Gambian women in
all areas of development and explained that REFELA is a women platform under
the United Cities of Local Governments of Africa (UCLG) which is the umbrella
organization and the united voice representing local governments in Africa.
Mayor Lowe also stressed that the campaign to better the lives of women as
advocated by REFELA took a very positive turn through her election as the first
woman mayor of the Gambia’s capital city of Banjul.
In her further statement, Mayor Lowe expressed that the
campaign to better the lives of women as advocated by REFELA took a very
positive turn through her election as the first woman mayor of the capital city
of Banjul. She then said that the situation is more challenging for rural women
without active participation in the electoral processes because it will get
worse. She admonished women that they should know that they constitute more
than half of the country’s population and additionally they offer more than 54%
of election and yet, they lack representation.
The Mayor also used the opportunity to call on Gambia’s
women to get prepared for the 2021 election noting that she is ready to work
with the women in actualizing that dream. She also urged women not to campaign
and cheer the male folk but to focus on progressing the female contestant.
It could be recalled that the African section of the world
organization of UCLG Africa has a membership of 44 national associations of
local governments from all regions of the continent as well as 2000 cities that
have more than 100,000 inhabitants. There is no doubting the fact that REFELA
has now become a fundamental part of UCLG Africa and represents locally elected
women officials within the global Women’s Commission of United Cities and Local
Governments (UCLG Women).
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