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]
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Life
editGisèle 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] She is married to a prominent magistrate.[5]
Ndaya was appointed Minister for Gender, Family and Children in April 2021.[2] 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.[6]
References
edit- ^ "RDC: l'Actualité de la semaine, vue par Gisèle Ndaya Luseba" (in French).
- ^ a b Prisca Lokale (28 April 2021). "RDC : Gisèle Ndaya Luseba s'engage à « poursuivre le travail accompli » par Béatrice Lomey". Actualite DC. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "Gisèle Ndaya une activiste engagée à la tête du ministère du Genre, Famille et Enfant". RD.Congo News. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "PhD defense Announcement | Annonce de soutenance de thèse". European Institute of Diplomacy and International Relations. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Gisèle Ndaya Luseba aux commandes de la CDTU". 7sur7.cd. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Abdul Rashid Thomas (3 July 2021). "African women propose a 10-year plan for gender equality in Africa". Sierra Leone Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2022.