15 Challenges and Triumphs for Women Leaders in African Diplomacy
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Jennifer Chiriga
Abstract
This chapter provides personal reflections of three women – Jennifer Chiriga, Hesphina Rukato and Rudo Chitiga – who served in diplomatic fields. It focuses on specific issues of interest in women’s participation in diplomacy, both global and continental. The chapter reflects on personal experiences in the context of lived participation in leadership and diplomacy globally and in Africa. It draws on relevant normative frameworks, especially of the UN at the global level, and of the African Union at the continental level, and it also references theoretical frameworks in gender and leadership studies. It ends by highlighting emerging lessons and recommendations.
Abstract
This chapter provides personal reflections of three women – Jennifer Chiriga, Hesphina Rukato and Rudo Chitiga – who served in diplomatic fields. It focuses on specific issues of interest in women’s participation in diplomacy, both global and continental. The chapter reflects on personal experiences in the context of lived participation in leadership and diplomacy globally and in Africa. It draws on relevant normative frameworks, especially of the UN at the global level, and of the African Union at the continental level, and it also references theoretical frameworks in gender and leadership studies. It ends by highlighting emerging lessons and recommendations.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of Figure and Tables vii
- List of Abbreviations viii
- Notes on Contributors x
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introducing African Diplomacy as a Field of Study 1
- An Overview of the Evolution of Diplomacy in Europe and Africa 11
- Common African Positions as Diplomatic Instruments 29
- South Africa’s Economic Diplomacy and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Challenges and Prospects 42
- Prospects for Smart Diplomacy and Its Use in the Foreign Policies of African Small Island Developing States 56
- Maritime Diplomacy and the African Maritime Agenda 71
- Twitter/X Diplomacy and Its Use and Practice in Africa 88
- The Quiet Diplomacy of the Chibok Abductions 105
- A Diplomatic Conduit: The Role of Science Diplomacy in Africa 121
- Africa’s Health Diplomacy 137
- Ghana’s Cultural Diplomacy 150
- Morocco’s Cultural Diplomacy with Africa 163
- Understanding Knowledge Diplomacy in Africa 178
- African Agency: The Case of Russian Nuclear Programmes in Egypt, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia 196
- Challenges and Triumphs for Women Leaders in African Diplomacy 221
- African Diplomacy: An Agenda for Practice and Research 236
- Index 248
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of Figure and Tables vii
- List of Abbreviations viii
- Notes on Contributors x
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introducing African Diplomacy as a Field of Study 1
- An Overview of the Evolution of Diplomacy in Europe and Africa 11
- Common African Positions as Diplomatic Instruments 29
- South Africa’s Economic Diplomacy and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Challenges and Prospects 42
- Prospects for Smart Diplomacy and Its Use in the Foreign Policies of African Small Island Developing States 56
- Maritime Diplomacy and the African Maritime Agenda 71
- Twitter/X Diplomacy and Its Use and Practice in Africa 88
- The Quiet Diplomacy of the Chibok Abductions 105
- A Diplomatic Conduit: The Role of Science Diplomacy in Africa 121
- Africa’s Health Diplomacy 137
- Ghana’s Cultural Diplomacy 150
- Morocco’s Cultural Diplomacy with Africa 163
- Understanding Knowledge Diplomacy in Africa 178
- African Agency: The Case of Russian Nuclear Programmes in Egypt, Ghana, South Africa and Zambia 196
- Challenges and Triumphs for Women Leaders in African Diplomacy 221
- African Diplomacy: An Agenda for Practice and Research 236
- Index 248
