Liberia’s Vice President Jewel Taylor has called on the Economic Community of West Africa States ECOWAS to support women in politics.
Taylor made the call at the conference for ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians ECOFEPA and other women political and civil society leaders in Monrovia, Liberia.
The Media and Communications Department of the ECOWAS Parliament made this known via its social media platform today in Abuja.
Taylor said that the stories of women being intimidated and victimised for seeking public office have become a trend.
She said ECOWAS had a unique role to play in uplifting the politics of women as they hope for a sub-regional framework for protecting women seeking to get involved in business and national level politics.
On the need for female activeness in politics, Fatoumata Njai, a Gambian delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, encouraged women to be focussed and active in the political struggle.
