Gisèle Ndaya Luseba Explained

Gisèle Ndaya Luseba is a politician and businessperson in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is head of the political party Convention of Unified Labor Democrats (CDTU), and vice-president of Dynafec. ^[1] On 12 April 2021 she replaced Béatrice Lomeya as Minister for Gender, Family and Children in the Lukonde cabinet.^[2]

Life

Gisèle Ndaya Luseba graduated in marketing from ISC Kinshasa, and has another degree in theology. She has a masters in marketing economics, and is a specialist in political party management at UN Academia.^[3] In 2020 her PhD thesis was announced, "The role of women in political institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo: utopia or reality?".^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: RDC: l'Actualité de la semaine, vue par Gisèle Ndaya Luseba . fr .
2. News: Actualite DC . Prisca Lokale . RDC : Gisèle Ndaya Luseba s'engage à « poursuivre le travail accompli » par Béatrice Lomey . 28 April 2021 . 1 February 2022.
3. Web site: Gisèle Ndaya une activiste engagée à la tête du ministère du Genre, Famille et Enfant . RD.Congo News . 14 April 2021 . 2 February 2022.
4. Web site: Gisèle Ndaya Luseba aux commandes de la CDTU . 7sur7.cd . 31 March 2015 . 2 February 2022.
5. News: Abdul Rashid Thomas . African women propose a 10-year plan for gender equality in Africa . 3 July 2021 . Sierra Leone Telegraph . 2 February 2022.
6. Web site: PhD defense Announcement | Annonce de soutenance de thèse | date=15 January 2020 | website=European Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations | url=http://www.eidir.org/phd-defense-announcement-annonce-de-soutenance-de-these-2/ | access-date=2 February 2022}} She is married to a prominent magistrate.^[4]

   Ndaya was appointed Minister for Gender, Family and Children in April 2021. In June 2021 a pan-African Conference on Gender Equality was held in Kinshasa. In July 2021, after the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women in Paris, Ndaya and Julienne Lusenge led a delegation of African women announcing the outcome of the Kinshasa conference, a proposed ten-year goal for African women, the Kinshasa Declaration.^[5]

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