Female Members of Parliament (MPs) in Africa have endured gender-based violence with 80% of them having experienced psychological violence in parliament, 67% having been subjected to sexist behaviour or remarks and 39% of them having faced sexual violence.
Delivering a violence-free system for women in leadership will require improving the collective learning of leaders and setting up systems of accountability. Orange2Lead is designed to facilitate capacity building and accountability mechanisms to end violence against women in public leadership.