{"id":33534,"date":"2026-05-02T08:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33534"},"modified":"2026-05-02T08:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:27:46","slug":"pap-leadership-urged-to-prioritise-womens-voices-after-new-president-elected","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/pap-leadership-urged-to-prioritise-womens-voices-after-new-president-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP leadership urged to prioritise women\u2019s voices after new President elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has called for greater inclusion of women in the institution\u2019s work, stressing that their voices must be central to decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks come after the Parliament elected new leadership on Thursday, with Algeria\u2019s Fateh Habib Boudaoud taking over as president. He secured 119 out of 134 votes and will serve a three-year term under the African Union\u2019s regional rotation system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The PAP has in the past faced criticism for sidelining women, particularly in leadership roles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Agyeman-Rawlings said frameworks such as United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 clearly recognise the role of women in mediation and peacebuilding and should guide the institution\u2019s approach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She also warned that democratic progress across the continent remains fragile, pointing to recent setbacks in constitutional rule in several African countries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33383,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-33534","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"PAP Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has called for greater inclusion of women in the institution\u2019s work","published_date":"2026-05-02 08:26:49","news_description":"PAP Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has called for greater inclusion of women in the institution\u2019s work","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33535,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33534\/revisions\/33535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}