Committee on Gender, Family, Youths, and People with Disabilities
Encyclopedia
The Committee on Gender, Family, Youths and People with Disabilities is one of the ten permanent committees of the Pan-African Parliament
. It concentrates on issues concerning women, family and people and children with disabilities.
Functions of the Committee:
Chairperson of the Committee is the Hon Bwambale Biira Loice (Uganda
).
The Deputy Chairperson is the Hon Blandine Sawagogo Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso
).
The Rapporteur is the Hon Paul Temba Nyathi
(Zimbabwe
).
Pan-African Parliament
The Pan-African Parliament , also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years...
. It concentrates on issues concerning women, family and people and children with disabilities.
Functions of the Committee:
- Consider issues relating to the promotion of gender equality.
- Assist Parliament to oversee the development of policies and activities of the Union relating to family, youth and people with disabilities.
Chairperson of the Committee is the Hon Bwambale Biira Loice (Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
).
The Deputy Chairperson is the Hon Blandine Sawagogo Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
).
The Rapporteur is the Hon Paul Temba Nyathi
Paul Temba Nyathi
Paul Themba Nyathi is a Zimbabwean opposition politician, the director of elections for the Arthur Mutambara-led faction of the Movement for Democratic Change and a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Zimbabwe....
(Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
).